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Almost free

by Eva Sheppard Wolf

FreedmenAfrican American familiesRace relationsSocial conditionsLegal status, laws
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About this book

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.

Themes & subjects

FreedmenAfrican American familiesRace relationsSocial conditionsLegal status, lawsSlaves

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Setting

Fauquier County (Va.)VirginiaFauquier County19th century

About the author

Eva Sheppard Wolf

1969

Author

Eva Sheppard Wolf

Pages

192

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

1

Language

English

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

ISBN

9780820332291

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