The Resource A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
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- Summary
- Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight prefaces the narratives with each man's life history. Using genealogical information, Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In the stories of Wallace Turnage and John Washington, we find portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Note
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- Originally published: Orlando : Harcourt, 2007
- Includes narratives by two former slaves: John M. Washington's "Memorys of the past", and Wallace Turnage's "Journal of Wallace Turnage."
- Contents
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- The Rappahannock river
- Mobile bay
- Unusual evidence
- The logic and the Trump of jubilee
- Author's note
- Memorys of the past / John M Washington
- Journal of Wallace Turnage / Wallace Turnage
- Death of our little Johnnie / John Washington
- Isbn
- 9780156034517
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- Title
- A slave no more
- Title remainder
- two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- Statement of responsibility
- David W. Blight
- Subject
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- African Americans
- African Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Biography
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- History
- North Carolina -- Greene County
- Sklave
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Fredericksburg (Va.) -- Biography
- Slaves -- Green County (N.C.) -- Biography
- 1861-1865
- Slaves -- Virginia | Fredericksburg -- Biography
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- USA
- United States
- United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Virginia -- Fredericksburg
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Working class
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Slaves -- North Carolina | Greene County -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight prefaces the narratives with each man's life history. Using genealogical information, Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In the stories of Wallace Turnage and John Washington, we find portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- SXB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blight, David W
- Dewey number
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- 973.7/115
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E450.W325
- LC item number
- B58 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington, John
- Turnage, Wallace
- Turnage, Wallace
- Washington, John
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Washington, John
- Turnage, Wallace
- Fugitive slaves
- Slaves
- Slaves
- United States
- African Americans
- Working class
- Slave narratives
- African Americans
- Fugitive slaves
- Slave narratives
- Slaves
- Working class
- North Carolina
- United States
- Virginia
- Sklave
- USA
- Fugitive slaves
- Slaves
- Slaves
- United States
- African Americans
- Working class
- Slave narratives
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Note
-
- Originally published: Orlando : Harcourt, 2007
- Includes narratives by two former slaves: John M. Washington's "Memorys of the past", and Wallace Turnage's "Journal of Wallace Turnage."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Rappahannock river -- Mobile bay -- Unusual evidence -- The logic and the Trump of jubilee -- Author's note -- Memorys of the past / John M Washington -- Journal of Wallace Turnage / Wallace Turnage -- Death of our little Johnnie / John Washington
- Control code
- ocn377538672
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780156034517
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o377538672
- (OCoLC)377538672
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Note
-
- Originally published: Orlando : Harcourt, 2007
- Includes narratives by two former slaves: John M. Washington's "Memorys of the past", and Wallace Turnage's "Journal of Wallace Turnage."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Rappahannock river -- Mobile bay -- Unusual evidence -- The logic and the Trump of jubilee -- Author's note -- Memorys of the past / John M Washington -- Journal of Wallace Turnage / Wallace Turnage -- Death of our little Johnnie / John Washington
- Control code
- ocn377538672
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Mariner books ed.
- Extent
- 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780156034517
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o377538672
- (OCoLC)377538672
Subject
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Biography
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- History
- North Carolina -- Greene County
- Sklave
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Fredericksburg (Va.) -- Biography
- Slaves -- Green County (N.C.) -- Biography
- 1861-1865
- Slaves -- Virginia | Fredericksburg -- Biography
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- USA
- United States
- United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Virginia -- Fredericksburg
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Working class
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Slaves -- North Carolina | Greene County -- Biography
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