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The Road to Black Ned's Forge: A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier (Early American Histories)
Turk McCleskey
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Description for The Road to Black Ned's Forge: A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier (Early American Histories)
Hardcover. Series: Early American Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tarr, he became the first free black landowner west of the Blue Ridge. Tarr established a blacksmith shop on the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the Carolinas and helped found a Presbyterian congregation that exists to this day. Living with him was his white, Scottish wife, and in a twist that will surprise the modern reader, Tarr’s neighbours accepted his interracial marriage. It was when a second white woman joined the household that some protested. ... Read more
In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tarr, he became the first free black landowner west of the Blue Ridge. Tarr established a blacksmith shop on the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the Carolinas and helped found a Presbyterian congregation that exists to this day. Living with him was his white, Scottish wife, and in a twist that will surprise the modern reader, Tarr’s neighbours accepted his interracial marriage. It was when a second white woman joined the household that some protested. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Early American Histories
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935829
SKU
V9780813935829
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About Turk McCleskey
Turk McCleskey is Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute, USA.
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