Gist's promised land
Subtitle: the little-known story of the largest relocation of freed slaves in U.S. history
By: by Paula Kitty Wright
Publisher: Sugar Tree Ridge Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Seaman, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780615886480
Subjects: Freedmen; Genealogy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127).
Table of contents: title: Freedom found; title: Master Samuel Gist; title: Finding a new home; title: Resentment from neighbors; title: Day of reckoning; title: Help from abolitionists; title: Move to Highland County, Ohio; title: Turner family moves to Ohio; title: An Englishman visits the U.S.; title: The Gist Trust is exhausted; title: Ex-slaves claim their land; title: Courts take action; title: The Hannibal Turner family; title: Trouble in the settlement; title: Uncovering a mystery; title: Paul Turner returns home.