Description: Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina, North Carolina, American Heritage, Pap Slavery is a tragic chapter in the history of Wilkes County with a lasting legacy. Prominent businessmen and celebrated civic leaders, like General William Lenoir and William Pitt Waugh, were among the county's largest slaveholders. Judith Williams Barber endured forty-five years of slavery and garnered respect from both white and black residents. Her story is linked to free person of color and noted landowner Henderson Waugh, whose illustrious, slaveholding white father connected the two families--one slave and the other free. Author Larry Griffin takes readers on an emotional journey to separate fact from myth as he chronicles the history of slavery in Wilkes County. Prominent businessmen and celebrated civic leaders, like General William Lenoir and William Pitt Waugh, were among the county's largest slaveholders. Judith Williams Barber endured forty-five years of slavery and garnered respect from both white and black residents. Her story is linked to free person of color and noted landowner Henderson Waugh, whose illustrious, slaveholding white father connected the two families--one slave and the other free. Author Larry Griffin takes readers on an emotional journey to separate fact from myth as he chronicles the history of slavery in Wilkes County.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467135832
Book Title: Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Photography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
