Author: Henry Goings
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932408
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man’s name, Henry Goings. His life story takes us on an epic journey, traveling from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, and upon his escape from slavery, through Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region of the North and to Canada. His Rambles show that slaves were found not only in fields but also on the nation’s roads and rivers, perpetually in motion in massive coffles or as solitary runaways. A freedom narrative as well as a slave narrative, this compact yet detailed book illustrates many important developments in antebellum America, such as the large-scale forced migration of enslaved people from long-established slave societies in the eastern United States to new settlements on the cotton frontier, the political-economic processes that framed that migration, and the accompanying human anguish. Goings’s life and reflections serve as important primary documents of African American life and of American national expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This edition features an informative and insightful introduction by Calvin Schermerhorn.
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery
Author: Henry Goings
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932408
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man’s name, Henry Goings. His life story takes us on an epic journey, traveling from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, and upon his escape from slavery, through Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region of the North and to Canada. His Rambles show that slaves were found not only in fields but also on the nation’s roads and rivers, perpetually in motion in massive coffles or as solitary runaways. A freedom narrative as well as a slave narrative, this compact yet detailed book illustrates many important developments in antebellum America, such as the large-scale forced migration of enslaved people from long-established slave societies in the eastern United States to new settlements on the cotton frontier, the political-economic processes that framed that migration, and the accompanying human anguish. Goings’s life and reflections serve as important primary documents of African American life and of American national expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This edition features an informative and insightful introduction by Calvin Schermerhorn.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932408
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man’s name, Henry Goings. His life story takes us on an epic journey, traveling from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, and upon his escape from slavery, through Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region of the North and to Canada. His Rambles show that slaves were found not only in fields but also on the nation’s roads and rivers, perpetually in motion in massive coffles or as solitary runaways. A freedom narrative as well as a slave narrative, this compact yet detailed book illustrates many important developments in antebellum America, such as the large-scale forced migration of enslaved people from long-established slave societies in the eastern United States to new settlements on the cotton frontier, the political-economic processes that framed that migration, and the accompanying human anguish. Goings’s life and reflections serve as important primary documents of African American life and of American national expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This edition features an informative and insightful introduction by Calvin Schermerhorn.
Rambles by Rivers
Author: James Thorne
Publisher: London : C. Cox
ISBN:
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: London : C. Cox
ISBN:
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Tenderness of Wolves
Author: Stef Penney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416571302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature. A first novel.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416571302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature. A first novel.
The Naturalist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire
Author: British empire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271046651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271046651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The book of English rivers, an account of the rivers of England and Wales
Author: Samuel Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Louisiana Rambles
Author: Ian McNulty
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604739479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"McNulty delivers an inimitable take on Cajun and Creole Louisiana--the siren call of zydeco dancehalls pulsing in the country darkness; of crawfish "boiling points" and traditional country smokehouses; of Cajun jam sessions, where even wallflowers are compelled to dance; of equine gambits in the cradle of jockeys; and of fishing trips where anyone can land impressive catches. In south Louisiana, distilled European heritage, the African American experience, and modern southern exuberance mix with tumultuous history and fantastically fecund natural environments. The territories McNulty opens to the reader are arguably the nation's most exotic and culturally distinct destinations"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604739479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"McNulty delivers an inimitable take on Cajun and Creole Louisiana--the siren call of zydeco dancehalls pulsing in the country darkness; of crawfish "boiling points" and traditional country smokehouses; of Cajun jam sessions, where even wallflowers are compelled to dance; of equine gambits in the cradle of jockeys; and of fishing trips where anyone can land impressive catches. In south Louisiana, distilled European heritage, the African American experience, and modern southern exuberance mix with tumultuous history and fantastically fecund natural environments. The territories McNulty opens to the reader are arguably the nation's most exotic and culturally distinct destinations"--Page 4 of cover.
More Walks and Rambles in Rhode Island
Author: Ken Weber
Publisher: Countryman Press
ISBN: 9780881502244
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Countryman Press
ISBN: 9780881502244
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society to December, 1870
Author: Royal Geographical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description