The Road to Black Ned's Forge: A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier
(Part of the Early American Histories Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813935822
ISBN13:9780813935829
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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