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Almost free: a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia
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Author:
Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
Series:
Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Published:
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2012].
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780820332291 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0820332291 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9780820332307 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0820332305 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Desc:
xi, 174 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Status:
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Aims Greeley Circulation
F232.F3 W65 2012

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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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LC Subjects
African American families -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- History -- 19th century.
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Fauquier County (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Freed persons -- Virginia -- Fauquier County -- Biography.
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1775?-1842.
Other Subjects
Biographies.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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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APA Citation (style guide)

Wolf, E. S. (2012). Almost free: a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia. Athens, University of Georgia Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-. 2012. Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia. Athens, University of Georgia Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-, Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 2012.

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Wolf, Eva Sheppard. Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 2012.

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