Thomas Day

Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color

• Author(s): Patricia Phillips Marshall, Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll,
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
• Pages: 289
• ISBN_10: 080783341X
  ISBN_13: 9780807833414
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Design / Furniture , Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies ,

Description:... Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activitie