A Slave No More Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation |
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| Author:
| Blight, David W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-15-603548-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | Mariner Books |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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Two newly uncovered first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves, and the biographies of the men who wrote them. A major new addition to the canon of American history. In the stories of Turnage and Washington, we find history at its most intimate, portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.
Two newly uncovered first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves, and the biographies of the men who wrote them. A major new addition to the canon of American history. In the stories of Turnage and Washington, we find history at its most intimate, portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.