{"product_id":"the-watermans-song-david-s-cecelski-9780807849729","title":"The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina","description":"The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, \u003ci\u003eThe Waterman's Song\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers. Demonstrating the vitality and significance of this local African American maritime culture, David Cecelski also reveals its connections to the Afro-Caribbean, the relatively egalitarian work culture of seafaring men who visited nearby ports, and the revolutionary political tides that coursed throughout the black Atlantic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack maritime laborers played an essential role in local abolitionist activity, slave insurrections, and other antislavery activism. They also boatlifted thousands of slaves to freedom during the Civil War. But most important, Cecelski says, they carried an insurgent, democratic vision born in the maritime districts of the slave South into the political maelstrom of the Civil War and Reconstruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Cecelski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807849723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807849729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2002 pg. 1646","brand":"David S. Cecelski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986695979263,"sku":"9780807849729","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1234810-79b2-4304-8321-294980dc51e8.jpg?v=1683284799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-watermans-song-david-s-cecelski-9780807849729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}