Almost Free: A Story about Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Eva Sheppard Wolf, Eva Wolf SheppardSeries:Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 #15Publish date:2012-06-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820332307ISBN-10:820332305UPC:9780820332307Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC1DSAQX5K
Almost Free: A Story about Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia
In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
There were several paths to freedom for slaves, each of them difficult. After ten years of elaborate dealings and negotiations, Johnson earned manumission in August 1812. An...Series: Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 #15
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820332307ISBN-10:820332305UPC:9780820332307Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC1DSAQX5K
Eva Sheppard Wolf is an associate professor of history at San Francisco State University. She is the author of" Race and Liberty in the New Nation: Emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner s Rebellion.""
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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