| No Chariot Let Down: Charleston's Free People of Color on the Eve of the Civil War Contributor(s): Johnson, Michael P. (Author), Roark, James L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080784943X ISBN-13: 9780807849439 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 Annotation: These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 975.791 |
| LCCN: 83025897 |
| Lexile Measure: 1320 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
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| Publisher Description: These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status. |