Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina

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  • Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina Book Detail

  • Author : Larry J. Griffin
  • Release Date : 2017-06-26
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 176
  • ISBN 13 : 1439661251
  • File Size : 57,57 MB
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Slavery in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Larry J. Griffin PDF Summary

Book Description: 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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