Almost free: a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia

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Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
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Race in the Atlantic world 1700-1900
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University of Georgia Press,
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[2012]
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English
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In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
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African American families
African American families -- Social conditions
African American families -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Social conditions -- 19th century
African Americans
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Biographies
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
Electronic books
Emancipation
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Freedmen
Freedmen -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Biography
Historical
History
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1775?-1842
Legal status, laws, etc
Race relations
Slaves
Slaves -- Emancipation
Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- History -- 19th century
Social conditions
Social history
South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
State & Local
Virginia
Virginia -- Fauquier County
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African American families -- Social conditions
African American families -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Social conditions -- 19th century
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
Biographies
Biography
Electronic books
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Freedmen
Freedmen -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Biography
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
History
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1775?-1842
Race relations
Slaves -- Emancipation
Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- History -- 19th century
Social history
Virginia
Virginia -- Fauquier County
title_displayAlmost free : a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia
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African Americans
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Emancipation
Freedmen
HISTORY
Historical
History
Johnson, Samuel
Legal status, laws, etc
Race relations
Slaves
Social conditions
Social history
South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
State & Local