Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color
by
Patricia Phillips Marshall, Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2010
Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. His surviving furniture and architectural...