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Between Freedom and Equality : The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC by Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green (2021, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGeorgetown University Press
ISBN-101647120810
ISBN-139781647120818
eBay Product ID (ePID)12050378718
Product Key Features
Book TitleBetween Freedom and Equality : the History of an African American Family in Washington, DC
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), African American
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreReference, History
AuthorBarbara Boyle TOR REY, Clara Myrick Green
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-029548
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal975.3020922
Table Of ContentForeword by James Fisher and Tanya Gaskins Hardy Foreword by Maurice Jackson Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Slavery to Freedom 2. The Risks of Freedom in a Slave State 3. Nat Turner's Long Shadow 4. The Gathering Storm 5. The First Regiment of US Colored Troops at War 6. Reconstruction and Retreat 7. At Home in Georgetown 8. Migrating North 9. Dry Meadows and the Encroaching City Epilogue Appendix 1. Letter Facsimile and Transcription of the Petition of Capt. George Pointer, September 5, 1829 Appendix 2. The Family Tree of George Pointer Appendix 3. The Adventure of Genealogy Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors
SynopsisAn original history of six generations of an African American family living in Washington, DC Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington's Potomac Company. It follows the lives of six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation's capital. By tracing the story of one family and their experiences, Between Freedom and Equality offers a moving and inspiring look at the challenges that free African Americans have faced in Washington, DC, since the district's founding. The story begins with an 1829 letter from Pointer that is preserved today in the National Archives. Inspired by Pointer's letter, authors Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green began researching this remarkable man who was a boat captain and supervisory engineer for the Potomac canal system. What they discovered about the lives of Pointer and his family provides unique insight across two centuries of Washington, DC, history. The Pointer family faced many challenges--the fragility of freedom in a slaveholding society, racism, wars, floods, and epidemics--but their refuge was the small farm they purchased in what is now Chevy Chase. However, in the early twentieth century, the DC government used eminent domain to force the sale of their farm and replaced it with an all-white school. Between Freedom and Equality grants Pointer and his descendants their long-overdue place in American history. This book includes a foreword by historian Maurice Jackson exploring the significance of the Pointer family's unique history in the capital. In another very personal foreword, James Fisher, an eighth-generation descendant of George Pointer, shares his complex emotions when he learned about his ancestors. Also featured in this important history is a facsimile and transcription of George Pointer's original letter and a family tree. Royalties from the sale of the book will go to Historic Chevy Chase DC (HCCDC), which has established a fund for promoting the legacy of George Pointer and his descendants., Between Freedom and Equality follows George Pointer-an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793-and six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked in Washington, DC, granting the family their long-overdue place in American history.
LC Classification NumberF205.N4T67 2021
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