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The road to Black Ned's forge : a story of race, sex, and trade on the colonial American frontier

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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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