Description: Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
Brief description:
David S. Cecelski is an independent scholar living in Durham, North Carolina. A native of the North Carolina coast, he is author of several books, including Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South, and coeditor of Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy.
Review Quotes:
"This is not a run-of-the-mill, parochial, local study. . . . Cecelski necessarily frames his study in ways that extend far beyond the North Carolina coastline. That Cecelski does so admirably makes this a fine book, refreshing in its scope even as it attends wonderfully to the details of local life. . . . [A] careful, persuasive study, one that will be immensely helpful to those seeking to understand both the diversity of southern slavery and the ways in which slaves embraced, shaped, and used a militant political culture."--Journal of American History