Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
By (author): "Stephen Innes, T.H. Breen"
Publish Date:
1980
ISBN0195032063
ISBN139780195032062
AsinMyne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
Original titleMyne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
Concentrating on the lives of blacks who achieved freedom, this book describes how, against formidable odds, they amassed property, established plantations, acquired dependent labourers, and lived for several generations as free and independent members of Virginia society.