| Description |
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
New narratives in American history
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New narratives in American history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index. |
| Summary |
Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation, to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. This book offers a portrait of her extended family and of the life of slaves before the Civil War. Based on family letters as well as an autobiography by one of her sons, the detective work follows a singular group as they walk the boundary between slave and free, traveling across the country in search of a "promised land" where African Americans would be treated with respect. 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.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850.
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Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850. |
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Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850 -- Family.
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Families. |
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Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons. |
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Tennessee -- Nashville. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Nashville (Tenn.) -- Biography.
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Nashville (Tenn.) -- Race relations.
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Thomas family.
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Thomas family. |
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Rapier family.
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Rapier family. |
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African American families -- Southern States -- Case studies.
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African American families. |
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Southern States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Slavery -- Southern States -- Case studies.
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Slavery. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Schweninger, Loren.
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| ISBN |
0195160878 acid-free paper |
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0195160886 paperback acid-free paper |
| Standard No. |
9780195160871 (pbk. : alk. paper) 90000 |
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