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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Author / Creator:	Bishir, Catherine W., author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013] ©2013
Description:	xii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African American artisans -- North Carolina -- New Bern -- History. Artisans -- North Carolina -- New Bern -- History. African Americans -- North Carolina -- New Bern -- History. African American artisans. African Americans. Artisans. New Bern (N.C.) -- History -- 18th century. New Bern (N.C.) -- History -- 19th century. North Carolina -- New Bern. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9503978

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ISBN:	9781469608754 (hardback) 1469608758 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
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. Catherine W. Bishir 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, Bishir 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, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity"--

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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. Catherine W. Bishir 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.<br> <br> Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir 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, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.
Physical Description:	xii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
ISBN:	9781469608754 1469608758