Turk Mccleskey: 1 book
The Road to Black Ned's Forge
A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tarr, he became the first free black landowner west of the Blue Ridge. Tarr established a blacksmith shop on the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to...
