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Israel on the Appomattox : a southern experiment in Black freedom from 1790s through the Civil War

Title
Israel on the Appomattox : a southern experiment in Black freedom from 1790s through the Civil War / Melvin Patrick Ely.
Author
Ely, Melvin Patrick.
Publication
New York : A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
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Description
x, 640 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subject
  • White family
  • Randolph, Richard, 1770-1796
  • Free African Americans > Virginia > Prince Edward County > History > 19th century
  • Free African Americans > Virginia > Prince Edward County > Social conditions > 19th century
  • Land grants > Virginia > Prince Edward County > History
  • Free African Americans > Virginia > Prince Edward County > Biography
  • Prince Edward County (Va.) > History > 19th century
  • Prince Edward County (Va.) > Race relations
  • Prince Edward County (Va.) > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-614) and index.
Contents
The view from Israel Hill, 1863 -- Liberty and happiness -- The promised land -- Work -- Challenges -- Law and order -- Worldviews -- Progress and struggle -- Appomattox and the new birth of freedom -- The search for meaning in the southern free black experience.
Call Number
Sc E 04-1458
ISBN
0679447385
LCCN
2003065976
OCLC
53483636
Author
Ely, Melvin Patrick.
Title
Israel on the Appomattox : a southern experiment in Black freedom from 1790s through the Civil War / Melvin Patrick Ely.
Imprint
New York : A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-614) and index.
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Sc E 04-1458
ITD (Prince Edward Co.) 04-6339
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