Between freedom and equality : the history of an African American family in Washington, DC / Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torrey, Barbara Boyle, author.

Green, Clara Myrick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pointer, George, 1773-1832.

Pointer, George.

Pointer, George, 1773-1832--Family.

African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.

African Americans.

Washington (D.C.)--Biography.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--History.

History.

Families.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimile, genealogical table ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington's Potomac Company. Authors Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green then follow the lives of five generations of Pointer's descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation's capital. By tracing the story of one family and their experiences, Between Freedom and Equality offers a moving and inspiring look at the challenges that free African Americans have faced in Washington, DC, since before the district's founding ..."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. From Slavery to Freedom

2. The Risks of Freedom in a Slave State

3. Nat Turner's Long Shadow

4. The Gathering Storm

5. The First Regiment of US Colored Troops at War

6. Reconstruction and Retreat

7. At Home in Georgetown

8. Migrating North

9. Dry Meadows and the Encroaching City.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781647120818

1647120810

OCLC:

1224583436