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Author:

Swann-Wright, Dianne, 1950-

Title:

A way out of no way : claiming family and freedom in the new South / Dianne Swann-Wright.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xii, 195 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Newman family.
Trent family.
Page family.
Carey family.
Slaves--Buckingham County--Buckingham County--Social conditions.
Plantation owners--Buckingham County--Buckingham County--Social conditions.
Plantation life--Buckingham County.--Buckingham County.
African Americans--Buckingham County--Buckingham County--Biography.
Whites--Buckingham County--Buckingham County--Biography.
Buckingham County (Va.)--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-183) and index.

Contents:

Patronage -- Work relationships -- Land acquisition -- Getting things -- Spoken words -- A coming together.

Series:

The American South series

ISBN:

9780813921372 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813921376 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813921365 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813921368 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49663487

LCCN:

00200524

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)