Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina History - Paperback

by Arwin D. Smallwood (Author)

The lives of the Native American, African, and European inhabitants of Bertie County have not only shaped, but been shaped, by its landscape.

One of the oldest counties in North Carolina, Bertie County lies in the western coastal plains of

Author Biography

Bertie County native Arwin D. Smallwood is professor and chair of history at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council, and has participated in the award-winning UNC-TV film documentary titled The Birth of A Colony: North Carolina. With a scholar's skill and a native's insight, Dr. Smallwood, whose previous works were well received in the academic community, establishes with this new volume his merit as a popular historian.