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The road to Black Ned's forge : a story of race, sex, and trade on the colonial American frontier / Turk McCleskey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCleskey, Turk, 1953- author.
- Series:
- Early American histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tarr, Edward, approximately 1711-.
- Tarr, Edward.
- Shute family.
- Freed persons--Virginia--Augusta County--History--18th century.
- Freed persons.
- Landowners--Virginia--Augusta County--History--18th century.
- Landowners.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Augusta County.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- History.
- Augusta County (Va.)--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Augusta County (Va.).
- Augusta County (Va.)--Commerce--History--18th century.
- Virginia--Augusta County.
- Physical Description:
- x, 324 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- I The Yeoman's Dilemma
- 1 The Yeoman, 1666-1732 13
- Young Man in a Young Place
- Mines and Quarries
- A World of Paper
- Lancaster Aphelion
- Thomas Shute's Diversified Dependents
- Gulf Stream Traffic
- 2 The Merchant, 1731-1761 27
- Navigating Inefficient Markets
- Joseph Shute's Investments
- Risks
- Failures
- Joseph Shute's Opportunism
- 3 The Skinner, 1736-1771 50
- William Davis, Manager
- The Skinner
- The Yeoman's Dilemma
- II The Safety Valve
- 4 The Slave, 1711-1751 65
- A World of Fire
- Ned's Literacy and Numeracy
- Ned's Social Education
- Ned's Religious Education
- Freedom by Installments
- 5 The Freeholder, 1752-1755 79
- Initial European Settlements in the Upper James River Valley
- A Call for a Minister
- Edward Tarr, Freeholder
- Frontier Prosperity
- 6 The Warriors, 1733-1761 95
- Frontier Competition
- Key Terrain in Southwest Virginia
- War Comes to Edward Tarr
- Flight versus Fight
- Tarr Moves to Staunton
- 7 The Anomalies, 1742-1769 110
- Credit, Credibility, and the Power of Paper
- Other Free People of Color in Augusta County
- III Individuals and Social Change
- 8 The Rebels, 1742-1763 123
- The Expanding Frontiers of Virginia Slavery
- Economics of Frontier Slavery
- Cultural Origins of Participants in Frontier Slavery
- Scrutiny and Servile Backlash
- The Murder of John Harrison
- 9 The Concubine 144
- Tom's Head and Ann Moore's Body
- A Quieter Life
- Tarr's Land of Opportunities
- The Artilleryman and the Woman
- 10 The Travelers 157
- Accelerating Mobility
- Integral Characteristics of Mobility
- Social Consequences of Mobility
- Racial Attitudes in Motion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813935829
- 0813935822
- OCLC:
- 862347681
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