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Almost free : a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia

In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.

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Main Author: Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.
Series:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
Subjects and Genres:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1775?-1842.
Freed persons > Virginia > Fauquier County > Biography.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African American families > Virginia > Fauquier County > Social conditions > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Virginia > Fauquier County > History > 19th century.
Fauquier County (Va.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Fauquier County (Va.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
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Summary: In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
Physical Description: xi, 174 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780820332307 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820332305 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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