Showing The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina by David S. Cecelski

The Waterman's Song The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, "The Waterman's Song" 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 th... Full description