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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation : stories of my family's journey to freedom

Title

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation : stories of my family's journey to freedom / John F. Baker, Jr.

Author

Baker, John F., 1962-

Publication

New York : Atria Books, 2009.

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Description

xi, 419 p. : ill., coat of arms, fascims., maps, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

Traces the author's thirty-year research into his slave ancestry, describing the history of the massive tobacco plantation where his ancestors worked and his family's extensive genealogical legacy.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-392) and index.

Contents

The photo in my textbook -- That's Washington, where your people came from -- We walked every step of the way from Virginia to Tennessee -- We built that big house brick by brick -- By the sweat of their brows : the largest tobacco plantation in America -- It takes a whole village -- Working from can't to can't -- I couldn't hear nobody pray -- Wessyngton rebels -- Follow the north star -- On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege -- No longer under Washington control -- August the 8th -- In their own words -- The church in the hollow -- Digging for the truth -- Generations in transition -- Back through the centuries with DNA -- Epilogue: To honor our ancestors.

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