The Resource A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
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- Summary
- Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight prefaces the narratives with each man's life history. Using genealogical information, Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In the stories of Wallace Turnage and John Washington, we find portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780151012329
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- Title
- A slave no more
- Title remainder
- two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- Statement of responsibility
- David W. Blight
- Subject
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- Slaves -- North Carolina | Snow Hill -- Biography
- Working class -- History
- trueWorking class -- History -- 19th century
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Biography
- trueCivil war
- trueEnslaved people
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueNorth Carolina -- History -- 19th century
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Virginia | Fredericksburg -- Biography
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- trueUnited States
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueVirginia -- History -- 19th century
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- trueWorking class
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight prefaces the narratives with each man's life history. Using genealogical information, Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In the stories of Wallace Turnage and John Washington, we find portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 209025
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blight, David W
- Dewey number
- 973.7/115
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E450.W325
- LC item number
- B58 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington, John
- Turnage, Wallace
- Fugitive slaves
- Slaves
- Slaves
- African Americans
- Working class
- Slave narratives
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 651887
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780151012329
- Lccn
- 2007014467
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780151012329
- (OCoLC)123232269
- Label
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 651887
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780151012329
- Lccn
- 2007014467
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780151012329
- (OCoLC)123232269
Subject
- Slaves -- North Carolina | Snow Hill -- Biography
- Working class -- History
- trueWorking class -- History -- 19th century
- Working class -- United States -- Biography
- Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Biography
- trueCivil war
- trueEnslaved people
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- United States
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- trueNorth Carolina -- History -- 19th century
- Slave narratives -- United States
- Slaves
- Slaves -- Virginia | Fredericksburg -- Biography
- Turnage, Wallace, 1846-1916
- trueUnited States
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueVirginia -- History -- 19th century
- Washington, John, 1838-1918
- trueWorking class
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