Free Frank [electronic resource] : A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier / Juliet E.K. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Juliet E. K., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Illinois--Biography.

African Americans.

African Americans--Kentucky--Biography.

African Americans--Illinois--History.

African Americans--Kentucky--History.

Illinois--Biography.

Illinois.

Kentucky--Biography.

Kentucky.

New Philadelphia (Ill.)--History.

New Philadelphia (Ill.).

Frank, Free, 1777-1854.

Frank.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary.We first learn details of Frank's life when in 1795 his owner moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky. We know that he married Lucy, a slave on a neighboring farm, in 1799. Later he was allowed to hire out his time, and when his owner moved to Tenness

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Slave Who Would Be Free; 2. The Formative Years; 3. ""For a Valuable Consideration""; 4. Speculation in Freedom; 5. Black Pathfinders on the Illinois Frontier; 6. Land Acquisitions and New Philadelphia's Origin; 7. The Development of New Philadelphia; 8. The Achievement of a Dream; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographic Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [207]-214.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0840-3

0-8131-4851-0

OCLC:

557996382