Author: Louise Frederick Hays
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The Rumph and Frederick Families, Genealogical and Biographical
Author: Louise Frederick Hays
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
A Shadow on the Household
Author: Bryan Prince
Publisher: Emblem Editions
ISBN: 1551993619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were aided by networks that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. And the stories that emerge from the past about these journeys are truly remarkable. In A Shadow on the Household, Bryan Prince, a descendant of slaves, brings to life the heart-wrenching story of the Weems family and their struggle to liberate themselves from slavery. John Weems, a man who purchased his own freedom, paid the owner of his enslaved wife and eight children an annual fee to keep them together at one plantation. But when that owner died, the Weemses were cruelly separated and scattered throughout the South. Heartbroken and desperate, John resolved to raise the money to buy his family’s freedom and reunite them. Mining newspapers, private letters, diaries, estate records, marriage registries, and abolitionist papers for details of a story cloaked in secrecy, Bryan Prince has rescued the Weems family and their plight from historical oblivion. An unforgettable story of love and persistence, played out in four countries (the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom) against the backdrop of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a growing abolitionist movement, and the heroic efforts of the Underground Railroad, the Weems family saga must be read to be believed.
Publisher: Emblem Editions
ISBN: 1551993619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were aided by networks that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. And the stories that emerge from the past about these journeys are truly remarkable. In A Shadow on the Household, Bryan Prince, a descendant of slaves, brings to life the heart-wrenching story of the Weems family and their struggle to liberate themselves from slavery. John Weems, a man who purchased his own freedom, paid the owner of his enslaved wife and eight children an annual fee to keep them together at one plantation. But when that owner died, the Weemses were cruelly separated and scattered throughout the South. Heartbroken and desperate, John resolved to raise the money to buy his family’s freedom and reunite them. Mining newspapers, private letters, diaries, estate records, marriage registries, and abolitionist papers for details of a story cloaked in secrecy, Bryan Prince has rescued the Weems family and their plight from historical oblivion. An unforgettable story of love and persistence, played out in four countries (the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom) against the backdrop of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a growing abolitionist movement, and the heroic efforts of the Underground Railroad, the Weems family saga must be read to be believed.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.
The Georgia Peach
Author: William Thomas Okie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316817709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Imprinted on license plates, plastered on billboards, stamped on the tail side of the state quarter, and inscribed on the state map, the peach is easily Georgia's most visible symbol. Yet Prunus persica itself is surprisingly rare in Georgia, and it has never been central to the southern agricultural economy. Why, then, have southerners - and Georgians in particular - clung to the fruit? The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South shows that the peach emerged as a viable commodity at a moment when the South was desperate for a reputation makeover. This agricultural success made the fruit an enduring cultural icon despite the increasing difficulties of growing it. A delectable contribution to the renaissance in food writing, The Georgia Peach will be of great interest to connoisseurs of food, southern, environmental, rural, and agricultural history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316817709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Imprinted on license plates, plastered on billboards, stamped on the tail side of the state quarter, and inscribed on the state map, the peach is easily Georgia's most visible symbol. Yet Prunus persica itself is surprisingly rare in Georgia, and it has never been central to the southern agricultural economy. Why, then, have southerners - and Georgians in particular - clung to the fruit? The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South shows that the peach emerged as a viable commodity at a moment when the South was desperate for a reputation makeover. This agricultural success made the fruit an enduring cultural icon despite the increasing difficulties of growing it. A delectable contribution to the renaissance in food writing, The Georgia Peach will be of great interest to connoisseurs of food, southern, environmental, rural, and agricultural history.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Catalogue of the Georgia Society, D.A.R. Library
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Georgia State Society
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the North Carolina State Library
Author: North Carolina State Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Guide to the Study and Reading of South Carolina History
Author: James Harold Easterby
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Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Publisher:
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Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Biennial Report of the State Librarian for the Two Fiscal Years Ending...
Author: North Carolina State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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