The Management of Free and Enslaved Laborers in North Carolina’s Antebellum Shad and Herring Fishery
North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort 315 Front St., BeaufortPlantations that bordered coastal North Carolina’s creeks, rivers, and sounds often possessed fisheries that were operated by both free and enslaved peoples. While a few studies have provided some insights into the functioning of these fisheries, no one has analyzed labor management at them. Drawing...