Record #:

4259

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Born in Virginia in 1801, Thomas Day, a free African-American craftsman, created furniture that is much in demand today. In the 1820s he moved to Milton is Caswell County, where he established a cabinetmaking business that employed both blacks and whites and served a racially mixed clientele. Day died in 1861.

Source:

North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 101, Summer/Fall 1996, p2-4, il

Subject(s):

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