Almost free : a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia / Eva Sheppard Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-

Series:

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freed persons--Virginia--Fauquier County--Biography.

Freed persons.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Virginia--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African American families--Virginia--Fauquier County--Social conditions--19th century.

African American families.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Virginia--Fauquier County--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

Fauquier County (Va.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Fauquier County (Va.).

Fauquier County (Va.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Johnson, Samuel, 1775?-1842.

Johnson, Samuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks. Wolf looks beyond the majority experience, focusing on those at society's edges to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of freedom in the South.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Author's Note

CHAPTER 1. A New Birth of Freedom

CHAPTER 2. Among an Anomalous Population

CHAPTER 3. Petitioning for Freedom in an Era of Slavery

CHAPTER 4. Visions of Rebellion

CHAPTER 5. Race, Identity, and Community

CHAPTER 6. Legacies

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613586834

9781280491603

1280491604

9780820343648

0820343641

OCLC:

785943549