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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.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2012University of Georgia Press · 192 pages · 9780820332291
FreedmenAfrican American familiesRace relationsSocial conditionsLegal status, lawsSlavesEmancipationAfrican Americans