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The road to Black Ned's forge : a story of race, sex, and trade on the colonial American frontier
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCleskey, Turk, Author.
- Series:
- Early American histories The road to Black Ned's forge
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freed persons--History--18th century--Augusta County--Virginia.
- Freed persons.
- Landowners--History--18th century--Virginia--Augusta County.
- Landowners.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Virginia--Augusta County.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] University of Virginia Press 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contradicting the popular view of settlers in southern Virginia as poor, violent, and transient, this book--with its pathbreaking research and gripping narrative--radically rewrites the history of the colonial backcountry, revealing it to be made up largely of close-knit, rigorously governed communities.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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