Tom Day : unusual character who lived and worked in Milton, North Carolina / by Caroline Bell Gunter. [1961?]

Day, Thomas, approximately 1801-approximately 1861

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Thomas Day was a free Black furniture craftsman and cabinetmaker in Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. Born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Day moved to Milton in 1817 and became a highly successful businessman, boasting the largest and most productive workshop in the state during the 1850s. Day catered to upper-class white clientele and was respected among his peers for his craftsmanship and work ethic. Day came from a relatively well-off family and was privately educated. Day is celebrated...

Gunter, Caroline

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