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1 Reddit comment about The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina:

u/Vampire_Seraphin ยท 8 pointsr/AskHistorians

Less than 20% of Southerners owned slaves, less than 5% more that 5 IIRC.

David Cecelski wrote an excellent book not long ago called The Waterman's Song about slaves working in maritime industries in North Carolina. They did jobs including fishing, working boats, digging canals, and a few were even captains of small boats working the sounds and canals.

The book is very popular right now, many libraries should have it.