Harriet Jacobs (a former Edenton slave, author and abolitionist) and Golden Frinks (one of North Carolina’s most important civil rights leaders) are significant figures in Edenton’s African-American history; however, they are not the only African-Americans that contributed to Edenton.
There are many African-Americans who did not rise to the ranks of popular and local recognition. Everyday workers and laborers; farm, field and factory hands; nurses and cooks; fishermen and carpenters... they all helped to build Edenton for all of its residents, black and white. Their contributions are acknowledged here.
This book is grouped into two parts.
PART ONE includes:
· 1870 “Making a Way Out of No Way,”
· 1880 “Revive Us Again,” and
· 1900 “I Will Trust in the Lord.”
PART TWO includes:
· Articles from Edenton’s newspaper, Fisherman and Farmer;
· Daily Life and People;
· Education;
· Entertainment and Sports;
· Entrepreneurship and Labor;
· Politics and Civics; and
· Religion.
A bibliography and a full-name index add to the value of this work.
2017, 5½x8½, paper, index, 220 pp.
101-C5793 ISBN: 0788457934