Making Freedom Pay
Author | : Sharon Ann Holt |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis US |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 0820324426 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780820324425 |
Rating | : 4/5 (425 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making Freedom Pay by : Sharon Ann Holt
Download or read book Making Freedom Pay written by Sharon Ann Holt and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holt reconstructs how freed men and women in tobacco-growing central North Carolina worked to secure a place for themselves in this ravaged region and hostile time. She uses highly personalized accounts of the day-to-day travails and victories of ordinary people to tell a nationally significant story of extraordinary grassroots uplift.