The Register of Free Negroes, Northampton County, Virginia, 1853-1861 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556136221)

Before 1670 position of African immigrants coming into the Eastern Shore of Virginia was not unlike that of most whites; they were "in bondage." Although in the case of the Africans the bondage had not set time-limit, and was thus in fact slavery, they were "very often able to purchase their freedom (...) acquire land, marry, have families and live an existence not unlike the freed white indentured servant." After 1670, however, a move began "to discard indentured servitude and have slavery as the only method to supply the work force."

Author: Frances Bibbins Latimer
ISBN-10: 1556136226
ISBN-13: 9781556136221
Publisher: Heritage Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d