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In search of the promised land
a slave family in the Old South
By Franklin, John Hope & Schweninger, Loren
- ISBN
- 978-0-19516-087-1
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2005
Coauthors of Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation, 1790-1860 , Franklin (history, emeritus, Duke Univ.) and Schweninger (history, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro) here present a compelling narrative of African American lives by tracing the history of the Thomas-Rapier family during the antebellum and Civil War eras. Starting with matriarch Sally Thomas, born a slave...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
