Just us : the unraveling of names include: Murphy, Swinson, Thompson from North Carolina--also: Douglass, Bennett, Brown, Jackson from Maryland - Cottman, Gwendolyn (Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press, 2002)
"Research confirmed that the author's great, great grandparents were slaves in Duplin County, North Carolina--and that their descendants survived in her hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, during the riotous times of the '1898 Coup.'"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-241).
Mode of access: Internet.
Keywords: Jackson family; Brown family; Bennett family; Douglas family; Thompson family; Swinson family; Murphy family; African Americans -- North Carolina -- Genealogy; African Americans -- Maryland -- Genealogy; Riots -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- History -- 19th century; New Hanover County (N.C.) -- Genealogy; Duplin County (N.C.) -- Genealogy