In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195160878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An Excellent History" according to Lee Freeman. An Excellent History. A slave family in the old west This is exactly what the seller described and it came in just a few days. So much in so little Elaine Johnson I was taken back by the small size of this book and then taken back again by how much history it contains. Not the stuff of dry history textbooks, this book illuminates this era with detail you won't find elsewhere and engages the reader with its intensely personal story.
They talk politics; they worry about their children. All rights reserved. A genealogy that keeps the family connections clear, maps that trace their peregrinations and the fully informative captions that accompany the illustrations supplement this remarkable text. Tracing the Thomas-Rapier family through three antebellum generations—from about 1808 to 1865—distinguished historians Franklin and Schweninger present an absorbing, impeccably researched account of "blacks who have only received passing notice—the free and quasi-free persons of mixed racial ancestry." Through this uncommon but not unique family, Franklin and
The Thomas-Rapiers were keen observers of the human condition. Louis, from the Overland Trail to the California Gold Rush, and from Civil War battles to steamboat adventures. To a remarkable degree, this small family experienced the full gamut of slavery, witnessing everything from the breakup of slave families, brutal punishment, and runaways, to miscegenation, insurrection panics, and slave patrols. They also illuminate the hidden lives of " virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy. Through the eyes of this exceptional family and the indomitable black woman who held them together, we witness aspects of human bondage otherwise hidden from view.. John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger weave a compelling narrative that illuminates the larger themes of slavery and freedom. Their record of these journeys provid
Loren Schweninger is Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor and Director of the Race and Slavery Petitions Project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915.. One of the most revered historians at work today, he is past president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Southern