Crafting lives : African American artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900 /

Crafting lives : African American artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bishir, Catherine W.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	African American artisans -- New Bern -- History -- 19th century. Artisans -- North Carolina -- New Bern -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- North Carolina -- New Bern -- History -- 19th century. African American artisans. African Americans. Artisans. New Bern (N.C.) -- History -- 19th century. North Carolina -- New Bern. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11204723

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ISBN:	9781469611785 1469611783 9781469608761 1469608766 9781469608754 1469608758
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	From the colonial period onward, Black artisans in southern cities - thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others - played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few Black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. The author remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, the author brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, this book provides an understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.--description provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Bishir, Catherine W. Crafting lives 9781469608754

Table of Contents:

The Setting : New Bern from the Colonial Period to 1900
The Fruits of Honest Industry : Black Artisans in New Bern's "Golden Age," 1770-1830
Hundreds of Fine Artisans : Leaving and Staying, 1830-1861
Worthy to Be Free, Worthy to Be Respected : Civil War, Union Occupation, and Presidential Reconstruction, 1862-1866
We Can and Will Do More : Artisans and Citizens, 1867-1900.