Black Masters

"Wilson finds that there were about 6,200 colored slave-holders in the days of yore, and that these 'Black Masters' owned some 18,000 slaves." -The African Abroad (1913) "An extremely interesting article." -Albany Law Journal (1905) "While doing research on black slaveholders early in this century, Calvin Dill Wilson discovered further evidence of William Ellison's reputation for harshness." -Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South (1984) "In rural Virginia and Maryland also there