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In search of the promised land : a slave family and the Old South, John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 286 p.
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Sally Thomas: a life in bondage
- From slavery to freedom
- Travels in the north and west
- In search of Canaan
- The Midwest, Haiti, and Jamaica
- This mighty scourge of war-- Epilogue
- Afterword: through the prism of a black family
- Appendix 1. Petitions of Ephraim Foster and James Thomas to the Davidson county court
- John Rapier Sr. to Richard Rapier, April 8, 1845
- Appendix 3. John Rapier Jr. to James Thomas, July 28, 1861
- Isbn
- 9780195160871
- Label
- In search of the promised land : a slave family and the Old South
- Title
- In search of the promised land
- Title remainder
- a slave family and the Old South
- Statement of responsibility
- John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Tennessee | Nashville -- Biography
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- Biography
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- Race relations
- Rapier family
- Slavery -- Southern States -- Case studies
- Slaves -- Tennessee | Nashville -- Biography
- Thomas family
- Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850 -- Family
- Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850,
- African American families -- Southern States -- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1915-2009
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Franklin, John Hope
- Dewey number
- 929/.2/08996073
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E444
- LC item number
- .F825 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Schweninger, Loren
- Series statement
- New narratives in American history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Thomas, Sally
- Thomas, Sally
- Thomas family
- Rapier family
- Slaves
- African Americans
- African American families
- Slavery
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Label
- In search of the promised land : a slave family and the Old South, John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger
- Link
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. 281-282
- Contents
- Sally Thomas: a life in bondage -- From slavery to freedom -- Travels in the north and west -- In search of Canaan -- The Midwest, Haiti, and Jamaica -- This mighty scourge of war-- Epilogue -- Afterword: through the prism of a black family -- Appendix 1. Petitions of Ephraim Foster and James Thomas to the Davidson county court -- John Rapier Sr. to Richard Rapier, April 8, 1845 -- Appendix 3. John Rapier Jr. to James Thomas, July 28, 1861
- Control code
- 000271182
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 286 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195160871
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061666
- Other control number
-
- 9780195160871
- 9780195160888
- Other physical details
- ill., maps, ports.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000271182
- (OCoLC)56922466
- Label
- In search of the promised land : a slave family and the Old South, John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger
- Link
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. 281-282
- Contents
- Sally Thomas: a life in bondage -- From slavery to freedom -- Travels in the north and west -- In search of Canaan -- The Midwest, Haiti, and Jamaica -- This mighty scourge of war-- Epilogue -- Afterword: through the prism of a black family -- Appendix 1. Petitions of Ephraim Foster and James Thomas to the Davidson county court -- John Rapier Sr. to Richard Rapier, April 8, 1845 -- Appendix 3. John Rapier Jr. to James Thomas, July 28, 1861
- Control code
- 000271182
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 286 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195160871
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061666
- Other control number
-
- 9780195160871
- 9780195160888
- Other physical details
- ill., maps, ports.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000271182
- (OCoLC)56922466
Subject
- African Americans -- Tennessee | Nashville -- Biography
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- Biography
- Nashville (Tenn.) -- Race relations
- Rapier family
- Slavery -- Southern States -- Case studies
- Slaves -- Tennessee | Nashville -- Biography
- Thomas family
- Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850 -- Family
- Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850,
- African American families -- Southern States -- Case studies
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