Rodney Barfield: 1 book
America’S Forgotten Caste
Free Blacks in Antebellum Virginia and North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Free blacks in antebellum America lived in a twilight world of oppressive laws and customs designed to suppress their mobility and their integration into civil society. Free blacks were free only to the extent of white tolerance in their community or town. They were at the mercy of the lowest members...
