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To Walk about in Freedom : The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joy
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Publication Name
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- ISBN
- 9781324050278
- Book Title
- To Walk about in Freedom : the Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Item Length
- 0.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), African American
- Item Weight
- 7.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
1324050276
ISBN-13
9781324050278
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26058380226
Product Key Features
Book Title
To Walk about in Freedom : the Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), African American
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
7.6 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Carole Emberton gives us a powerful new history of emancipation, one anchored in the inner life of an ordinary woman. Beautifully written using overlooked archival sources, To Walk About in Freedom is essential reading, reminding us that freedom was and is a lived experience with deep emotional resonance., Deft and revealing...Emberton's sensitive and sympathetic recovery of Joyner's story speaks volumes on what freedom meant and might mean., For Priscilla Joyner's unsettling but moving story, Carole Emberton uses the historian's tools to excavate the precious and deeply personal complexities of formerly enslaved people's lives, including accounting for the multiple possibilities of family histories often shrouded in mystery. This is an important contribution to the history of families and freedom in post-Civil War America., Emberton creates an illuminating view of the daily struggles and triumphs that characterized African Americans' 'long emancipation'....An insightful, poignant consideration of a representative figure's negotiation of liberty in the decades after Emancipation., In this timely and evocative narrative, Carole Emberton follows Priscilla Joyner and the first generation of formerly enslaved Americans on a search for something more than legal emancipation alone. In their long pursuit of happiness, home, education, belonging, a comfortable old age, and love, they defined what freedom meant in the face of new dangers and continuing traumas. Emberton's 'small book about big things' is equally a big book about the small, intimate things that make every life valuable and unique., Stirring....Emberton's astute contextualization of Priscilla's experiences sheds light on the promise and peril of emancipation., To Walk About in Freedom is truly a must read for anyone interested in seeing not only the nation's racial past in a fresh light thanks to Emberton's brilliant re-mining, re-excavation, re-reading, and re-interpretation of the lives of the newly freed, but also in being able to come to all previous renderings of it better informed and to view them with a far more critical gaze., Priscilla Joyner's 'long emancipation' is a story at once distinctive and collective, a story of the trials, tribulations, joys, heartaches, and struggles that paved the African American road out of slavery, a story of the intimacies, raw emotions, and unanswered questions that have long encased southern life. Carole Emberton tells Priscilla Joyner's story with sensitivity and consummate skill.
Dewey Decimal
306.362092
Synopsis
The extraordinary life of Priscilla Joyner and her quest--along with other formerly enslaved people--to define freedom after the Civil War., Priscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 1858 North Carolina and came of age at the dawn of emancipation. Raised by a white slaveholding woman, Joyner never knew the truth about her parentage. She grew up isolated and unsure of who she was and where she belonged-feelings that no emancipation proclamation could assuage. Her life story-candidly recounted in an oral history for the Federal Writers' Project-captures the intimate nature of freedom. Using Joyner's interview and the interviews of other formerly enslaved people, historian Carole Emberton uncovers the deeply personal, emotional journeys of freedom's charter generation-the people born into slavery who walked into a new world of freedom during the Civil War. From the seemingly mundane to the most vital, emancipation opened up a myriad of new possibilities: what to wear and where to live, what jobs to take and who to love. Although Joyner was educated at a Freedmen's Bureau school and married a man she loved, slavery cast a long shadow. Uncertainty about her parentage haunted her life, and as Jim Crow took hold throughout the South, segregation, disfranchisement, and racial violence threatened the loving home she made for her family. But through it all, she found beauty in the world and added to it where she could. Weaving together illuminating voices from the charter generation, To Walk About in Freedom gives us a kaleidoscopic look at the lived experiences of emancipation and challenges us to think anew about the consequences of failing to reckon with the afterlife of slavery., Priscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 1858. Based on interviews given by Joyner and other formerly enslaved people, Carole Emberton reveals the many paths forged by freedpeople to create new lives after the Civil War. She prioritizes their voices as they shaped the bonds of love, family, and community and took to heart the ability to make decisions-small and large-that hadn't been theirs before.
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- c***m (426)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii , Received 07/27; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!
- e***g (58)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent prices on used books in great condition. Shipped out quickly. Product condition is accurate to rating in listing. Thanks! NOTE: For this particular book (I ordered several), it came in a soft cover rather than hard cover as the listing stated. I contacted the seller and they responded promptly. They agreed that it was a listing error and provided me with a full refund for this book (without return required) proving they are both a responsible and trustworthy seller.
- 0***1 (1556)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis book arrived within the time period given and was in the 'very good' condition described. Unfortunately, only being packaged in a plastic bag to traverse the Atlantic meant that all four corners got a battering (I would be happy to pay bit more in future for a bit of cardboard support in packaging) but all in all, the price was good and overall service for books that are difficult to get over here, I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend this seller. Will buy again from them.
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Seller feedback (4,291,625)
- c***m (426)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii , Received 07/27; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!
- e***g (58)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent prices on used books in great condition. Shipped out quickly. Product condition is accurate to rating in listing. Thanks! NOTE: For this particular book (I ordered several), it came in a soft cover rather than hard cover as the listing stated. I contacted the seller and they responded promptly. They agreed that it was a listing error and provided me with a full refund for this book (without return required) proving they are both a responsible and trustworthy seller.
- 0***1 (1556)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis book arrived within the time period given and was in the 'very good' condition described. Unfortunately, only being packaged in a plastic bag to traverse the Atlantic meant that all four corners got a battering (I would be happy to pay bit more in future for a bit of cardboard support in packaging) but all in all, the price was good and overall service for books that are difficult to get over here, I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend this seller. Will buy again from them.