num_pages: 219
description: Collects information from a wide variety of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the lives of black slaves before the Civil War
language: English
title: Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South
titlecomplete: Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South (American Library Association Notable Book)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Museum of the Confederacy