Title: Almost free : a story about family and race in antebellum Virginia /
Authors: Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
Publisher: University of Georgia Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel,; Freed persons Virginia Fauquier County Biography.; African Americans Legal status, laws, etc. Virginia History; African American families Virginia Fauquier County Social conditions; Slaves Emancipation Virginia Fauquier County History; Fauquier County (Va.) Race relations History; Fauquier County (Va.) Social conditions
Abstract: In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
Contents: A new birth of freedom -- Among an anomalous population -- Petitioning for freedom in an era of slavery -- Visions of rebellion -- Race, identity, and community -- Legacies.