The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden: The Quaker Struggle to Free Slaves in Revolutionary North Carolina

by Michael J. Crawford

Book Overview

"Make s] use of hitherto unknown diaries and letters of George Walton (died 1789), a Quaker convert whose accounts of dreams and conversations with fellow Quakers provide an almost unique resource."--Choice " O]ffer s] detailed evidence of the varied efforts made by eastern North Carolina Friends to fight re-enslavement] laws. . . . Crawford] makes clear the toll of trying to pursue one's principles (in the case of Quakers) or pursue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813060303
• ISBN13: 9780813060309
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"