Almost Free: A Story about Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia

Author/Contributor(s):	Wolf, Eva Sheppard
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	06/01/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks. Wolf looks beyond the majority experience, focusing on those at society's edges to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of freedom in the South.