Record #:

13481

Author(s):

Marshall, Patricia Phillips

Abstract:

In 1839, Thomas Day, the master cabinetmaker from Milton in Caswell County, acquired ten-year-old Archibald Clark as an apprentice. State law required that all orphans and children of unmarried parents be bound to a master or mistress through indenture to the age of twenty-one. Marshall describes what Archibald's life would have been like during his indenture period.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Fall 2010, p20-23, il

Subject(s):

African American artisans--Milton; Cabinetmakers--Milton; Day, Thomas, 1801-1861; Free Blacks--Milton