Free men in an age of servitude : three generations of a black family / Lee H. Warner.

Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subsc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Warner, Lee H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©1992.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Antonio the Soldier; 2. George the Entrepreneur; 3. Work and Family; 4. Reversal; 5. George's Defeat; 6. California; 7. George's Family; 8. John the Politician; 9. The End of Reconstruction; 10. Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.