Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South by Michael P. Johnson

Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South

Michael P. Johnson with James L. Roark

422 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging medium-paced
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In 1860, when four million African Americans were enslaved, a quarter-million others, including William Ellison, were "free people of color." But Ellison was remarkable. Born a slave, his experience spans the history of the South from George Washi...

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