A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
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Published
Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.
ISBN
9780151012329, 0151012326, 9780156034517, 0156034514
Status
Villa Park Public Library - Nonfiction
973.7115 BLI
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973.7115 BLI
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Biography.
Biographies.
Enslaved persons -- North Carolina -- Snow Hill -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Slave narratives -- United States.
Turnage, Wallace, -- 1846-1916.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
Washington, John, -- 1838-1918.
Working class -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Enslaved persons -- North Carolina -- Snow Hill -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Slave narratives -- United States.
Turnage, Wallace, -- 1846-1916.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
Washington, John, -- 1838-1918.
Working class -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780151012329, 0151012326, 9780156034517, 0156034514
Notes
General Note
Published in paperback: 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-299) and index.
Description
"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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Blight, D. W. (2007). A slave no more: two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation (First edition.). Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. 2007. A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation. Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation Harcourt, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Blight, David W. A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom : Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation First edition., Harcourt, 2007.
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