by Rodney Barfield and Patricia Marshall

African American master cabinetmaker Thomas Day (1801-1861), of Caswell County, North Carolina, had an outstanding career and achieved remarkable social standing during the state's antebellum period. Thomas Day was a free black who lived in the Dan River town of Milton. He was educated, owned property and slaves, ran a successful business that made furniture for some of the state's most prosperous white citzens, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Milton.

Originally published separately in the North Carolina Historical Review, the two articles in Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker examine several aspects of Day's notable life and career.

2008; Softcover; 69 pages with illustrations.
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