Freeing Charles
Subtitle: the struggle to free a slave on the eve of the Civil War
By: Scott Christianson.
Series: The new Black studies series
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780252034398; 9780252076886
Subjects: Nalle, Charles, -- ca. 1821-1875; Tubman, Harriet, -- 1820?-1913; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography; Slavery -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Underground Railroad; Troy (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Description: Author Christianson tells the engaging story of captured Virginia fugitive slave Charles Nalle and those who helped him on his way to freedom. Nalle had been aided in his initial escape from slavery by the Underground Railroad, captured, and then forcibly freed by Harriet Tubman and others in New York in 1860. It's a well-written, well-researched story that says as much about the tormented race relations in slavery-era America as it does about the men and women who helped him. Annotation ♭2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.