Author: TennesseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forms (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee
Author: TennesseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forms (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Catalogue--Tennesseana
Author: Tennessee. State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The American Historical Magazine
Author: American Historical Magazine
Author: William Robertson GarrettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
American Historical Magazine
Author: Hand-list of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws
Author: Charles Jacob BabbittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Bibliotheca Californiae
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
In Search of the Promised Land
Author: John Hope FranklinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190207604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The matriarch of a remarkable African American family, 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. In Search of the Promised Land offers a vivid portrait of the extended Thomas-Rapier family and of slave life before the Civil War. Based on personal letters and an autobiography by one of Thomas' sons, this remarkable piece of detective work follows the family 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. Their record of these journeys provides a vibrant picture of antebellum America, ranging from New Orleans to St. Louis to the Overland Trail. The authors weave a compelling narrative that illuminates the larger themes of slavery and freedom while examining the family's experiences with the California Gold Rush, Civil War battles, and steamboat adventures. The documents show how the Thomas-Rapier kin bore witness to the full gamut of slavery--from brutal punishment, runaways, and the breakup of slave families to miscegenation, insurrection panics, and slave patrols. The book also exposes the hidden lives of "virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy.
Catalogue of Books in the Law Department of the Library of Congress. December, 1849
Author: Library of CongressFamilies in Crisis in the Old South
Author: Loren SchweningerPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807835692
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Families in Crisis in the Old South: Divorce, Slavery, and the Law