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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South - Franklin, John Hope, and Schweninger, Loren
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Based on family letters and other first-hand evidence, this remarkable piece of detective work follows a remarkable Black family as its members 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 vivid picture of antebellum America, stretching from New Orleans to St. Louis, from the Overland Trail to the California Gold Rush, and from Civil War battles to steamboat adventures. ...

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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South 2006, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195160888

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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South 2005, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195160871

Hardcover