The life & legacy of enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree / by Jan Meck and Virginia Refo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meck, Jan, author.

Refo, Virginia (Virginia Leigh), author.

Series:

American Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved women--Virginia--Biography.

Enslaved women.

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

African American women--Virginia--Biography.

African American women.

Racism--Virginia--History.

Racism.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Virginia--African Americans--Genealogy.

Virginia.

Winfree, Emily, 1834-1919.

Winfree, Emily.

Winfrey family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press Limited, 2021.

Summary:

Left destitute after the Civil War by the death of David Winfree, her former master and the father of her children, Emily Winfree underwent unimaginable hardships to keep her family together. Living with them in the tiny cottage he had given her, she worked menial jobs to make ends meet until the children were old enough to contribute. Her sacrifices enabled the successes of many of her descendants. Authors Jan Meck and Virginia Refo tell the true story of this remarkable African American woman who lived through enslavement, war, Reconstruction and Jim Crow in Central Virginia. The book is enriched with copies of many original documents, as well as personal recollections from a great-granddaughter of Emily's. The story concludes with pictures and biographies of some of her descendants.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Six Curious Children

2. Maria Winfree Walker

3. Emily Winfree

4. Family Separations

5. David Winfree

6. David and Emily in Chesterfield County

7. David's Death

8. Broken Promises: Lost Hope

9. Emily's Postwar Years

10. Sickness Strikes

11. The Legacy

Epilogue

Appendix I. Deed to House in Manchester

Appendix II. Deed to Acreage

Appendix III. Petition to Sell Timber from Acreage and Build House

Appendix IV. Deed for Sale of Acreage to Woodbury

Appendix V. Petition by Emily and All Her Children to Pay Off All Deed of Trust Notes but Give Up the Cottage Due to Back Taxes

Notes

Bibliography

About the Authors.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Meck, Dr. Jan Life & Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree, The

ISBN:

9781439674000

1439674000

OCLC:

1289367144