Between Freedom and Equality
Subtitle: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781647120818
Subjects: America, history
Description: "Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington's Potomac Company. Authors Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green then follow the lives of five generations of Pointer's descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation's capital. By tracing the story of one family and their experiences, Between Freedom and Equality offers a moving and inspiring look at the challenges that free African Americans have faced in Washington, DC, since before the district's founding ..."--