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Recollections of My Slavery Days
William Henry Singleton, Katherine Mellen Charron, ...

North Carolina Office of Archives, 2000

This is a compelling account of a remarkable journey from slavery to freedom in the American South. Born a slave in 1843 in New Bern, N.C., William Henry Singleton grew up on a remote coastal plantation at Garbacon Creek. From a slave's viewpoint, his Recollections provides an intimate and moving portrait of the growing schism between North and South, of a fierce yearning to hold onto family while in bondage, and of the African American ...

Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South

1 review
David S. Cecelski

The University of North Carolina Press, 1994

An alternative story of school desegregation
An inspiring story of a black community's struggle to save its schools! I use this book in an educational history course I teach at the university level. Students love the book and begin to think more critically about issues surrounding school desegregation as a result of reading it. I highly recommend it.

The Waterman's Song **ISBN: 9780807849729**
David S. Cecelski

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2001

The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina

1 review
David S. Cecelski

The University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Denzel Washington should play Abraham Galloway
This is the best book about slavery I have ever read. Cecelski is one of the most eloquent historians writing today. Because he focuses on the shifting shoreline (literal and figurative) between slavery and freedom, this book uncovers fascinating insights about the ways African Americans navigated the treacherous shoals of slavery, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. Although he does not slight ...

Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy

2 reviews
David S. Cecelski

The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Excellent Book
First let me say that I rarely read non-fiction and even when I do, I rarely manage to finish an entire book of it. Democracy Betrayed is an exception. The writing was clear, precise, right-on, and interesting. And, perhaps most importantly, educational. I was born and raised in North Carolina and knew nothing--absolutely nothing--about the Wilmington Race Riots or the subject of Cecelski's ...

Democracy Betrayed
David S. (EDT)/ Tyson, Timothy B. (EDT) Cecelski

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1998

Tributaries: A Publication of the North Carolina Maritime History Council, October 1994 (Number 4)
David S. Cecelski, Rodney D. Barfield, ...

North Carolina Maritime History Council, 1994

44 pp. plus wraps. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. Contents: Cecelski, "Moses Grandy: A Slave Waterman's Life"; Barfield, "A View of History: Faces of the Outer Banks"; Butler, "The Cape Fear Voyages, 1662-1667, and Their Impact on Southeastern Cartography"; Smith, "'A Force in Being': North Carolina and Jefferson's Gunboat Navy"; book reviews, regular features.