The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Subtitle: stories of my family's generational journey to freedom
By: by John F. Baker, Jr.
Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Publisher: Atria
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781416567400
Subjects: Washington family; Baker, John F., -- 1962- -- Family; African American families; African Americans -- Genealogy; African Americans -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography; Slaves -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography; Plantation life -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History; Tobacco farms -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History; Wessyngton Plantation (Tenn.) -- History; Robertson County (Tenn.) -- Antiquities
Genres: Genealogy.; Biography.
Description: Traces the author's thirty-year research into his slave ancestry, describing the history of the massive tobacco plantation where his ancestors worked and his family's extensive genealogical legacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: My thirty year journey and research (1976-2006); title: The photo; title: The search begins; title: The founding of Wessyngton Plantation, 1796; title: The mansion they built : the early years; title: By the sweat of their brows : the largest tobacco plantation in America; title: Their community; title: The search continues; title: The dig; title: Their daily lives; title: Their health, customs, and traditions; title: Defiance; title: Runaways and rebels; title: On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege, part I; title: On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege, part II; title: Emancipation and change; title: New directions; title: Generations in transition; title: DNA roots; title: Epilogue: Family reunions.