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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Franklin, John Hope, 1915-     Subjects     Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850.     Thomas family.     Rapier family.     Slaves -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.     Blacks -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.     Families, Black -- Case studies     Slavery -- Southern States -- History.     Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Franklin, John Hope, 1915-       by title:      In search of the pro...       by call number:      929.2 F83i     Search the Web     Franklin, John Hope, 1915-     Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850.     Thomas family.     Rapier family.     Slaves -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.     Blacks -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.     Families, Black -- Case studies     Slavery -- Southern States -- History.     Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.       MARC Display

In search of the promised land : a slave family in the Old South / John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger. by Franklin, John Hope, 1915- Oxford University Press, 2006. Call #: 929.2 F83i Subjects Thomas, Sally, 1787-1850.   Thomas family.   Rapier family.   Slaves -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.   Blacks -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Biography.   Families, Black -- Case studies   Slavery -- Southern States -- History.   Nashville (Tenn.) -- History. Series New narratives in American history. ISBN:  0195160878 (acid-free paper) 0195160886 (pbk. : acid-free paper) Description:  xvii, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index. Summary:  Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation, to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. This book offers a portrait of her extended family and of the life of slaves before the Civil War. Based on family letters as well as an autobiography by one of her sons, the detective work follows a singular group as they 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. This small family experienced the full gamut of slavery, witnessing everything from the breakup of slave families, brutal punishment, and runaways, to miscegenation, insurrection panics, and slave patrols. They also illuminate the hidden lives of "virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy.--From publisher description. Genre:  Biographies. Other authors:  Schweninger, Loren. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 929.2 F83i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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