A slave no more, two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
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A slave no more, two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A slave no more
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
123232269
Responsibility statement
David W. Blight
Sub title
two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
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
Table Of Contents
The Rappahannock river -- Mobile bay -- Unusual evidence -- The logic and the Trump of jubilee
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- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Slaves -- North Carolina -- Green County -- Biography
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg -- Biography
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- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- Slaves -- North Carolina -- Green County -- Biography
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg -- Biography
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