Record #:

19892

Author(s):

Franklin, John Hope

Abstract:

The author explores changes in legislation which opened up new apprenticeship opportunities for free African American children. An apprenticeship system offered the primary route for skilled African American males, though little information regarding young women is available. Statistical information concerning wages and occupations of free African Americans is provided, especially from the 1850 and 1860 periods when Federal Census Records broadened to include this information.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 3, July 1942, p239-259, f

Subject(s):

African Americans--History