Trouble So Hard
Audrey Jean Sapp Childs
Broschiertes Buch

Trouble So Hard

Labor and Life in the African-American Community, Edentown, North Carolina, 1870-1900

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The author is a descendant of slaves, Provey Cox and Betty Cox, who made it through to see freedom in the small town of Edenton, North Carolina. Provey and Betty were married in 1831 and sold to separate owners in 1832. In 1866, Provey and Betty and their children were reunited. Provey registered to vote in 1867, and in the 1870 census, Provey and Betty were listed as people rather than as tally marks in a slave owner's column. 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...