Record #:

43419

Author(s):

Leatherwood, David

Abstract:

Thomas Barco was born a slave in the Shiloh community of Camden County North Carolina, later to be sold and carried to Georgia. Like many other freed people after the Civil War, he would go to much effort to reunite with family in his place of birth. The author of this sketch presents research uncovering Barco's journey back,

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 31 Issue 3, july 2022, p72-79

Subject(s):

Slave narratives; Slaves--North Carolina, Eastern; Slaves--Camden County--Thomas Barco