Record #:

19594

Author(s):

Taylor, R.H.

Abstract:

The South's white population often lived in a state of fear of slave uprisings, especially where runaway slave communities existed such as the Dismal Swamp. This article presents the historic legislative measures taken by the state's General Assembly to prevent slave violence against whites.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 1, Jan 1928, p20-34, f

Subject(s):

Slavery--Insurrections, etc.