Bibliograph

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

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A slave no more

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

377538672

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 -- Author's note -- Memorys of the past / John M Washington -- Journal of Wallace Turnage / Wallace Turnage -- Death of our little Johnnie / John Washington

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