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100 1 $aFranklin, John Hope,$d1915-2009.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79076628
245 10 $aIn search of the promised land :$ba slave family in the Old South /$cJohn Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2006.
300 $axvii, 286 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNew narratives in American history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index.
520 1 $a"The matriarch of a remarkable African American family, Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation to a "nearly free" slave who ran her own business and purchased liberty for herself and one of her sons. In Search of the Promised Land offers a portrait of the extended Thomas-Rapier family and of the life of slaves before the Civil War." "Based on family letters as well as an autobiography by one of Thomas's sons, this piece of 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. Their record of these journeys provides a 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. John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger weave a narrative that illuminates the larger themes of slavery and freedom. To a remarkable degree, 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 "nearly free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy." "The Thomas-Rapiers were keen observers of the human condition. Through the eyes of this exceptional family and the indomitable black woman who held them together, we witness aspects of human bondage otherwise hidden from view."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aThomas, Sally,$d1787-1850.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004047505
600 10 $aThomas, Sally,$d1787-1850$xFamily.
650 0 $aSlaves$zTennessee$zNashville$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zTennessee$zNashville$vBiography.
651 0 $aNashville (Tenn.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aNashville (Tenn.)$xRace relations.
600 30 $aThomas family.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134928
600 30 $aRapier family.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111431
650 0 $aAfrican American families$zSouthern States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$vCase studies.
700 1 $aSchweninger, Loren.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83187492
830 0 $aNew narratives in American history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004021686
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