America's Forgotten Caste: Free Blacks in Antebellum Virginia and North Carolina (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781483619651)

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 of the dominant race who could punish them on a whim. They were, in the words of a 19th century European traveler to America, masterless slaves.

Author: Rodney Barfield
ISBN-10: 1483619656
ISBN-13: 9781483619651
Publisher: Xlibris
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d