Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery |
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| Author:
| Goings, Henry |
| Editor:
| Schermerhorn, Calvin
Plunkett, Michael
Gaynor, Edward |
| Series title: | Carter G. Woodson Institute Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3239-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man's name. His life story takes us on an epic journey, from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, to Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region and to Canada.
Tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man's name. His life story takes us on an epic journey, from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, to Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region and to Canada.