A social history of black culture in colonial North Carolina

By surveying the full range of existing contemporary documents available for the study of slavery in colonial North Carolina, this study has attempted to provide a social history of black culture in colonial North Carolina against which it has sought to outline the aesthetic dimension of black life in that colony. The organization of the study--beginning with chapters on the historical background to the subject and including sections on life at sea; the slave trade and its mythology; the lore and reality of the coastal environment; the art and craft of agricultural production; measured experience (time, space and distance); the law and lawlessness; the lore of race relations; health, spirituality and romance--reflects its effort to focus analysis primarily on aesthetic considerations as opposed to acculturative concerns.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Bontemps, Arna Alexander

Contributors dc:contributor

• McColley, Robert

• History, Black
• History, United States

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Bontemps, Arna Alexander

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8916216
(UMI)AAI8916216

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19096