Terry Miller, Roger Braxton

African Americans of Spotsylvania County

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was established in 1721, but it was not until after the Civil War that the names of approximately 4,700 African Americans born and/or living in the county were recorded for the first time. More than 150 African Americans were over the age of 70 as recorded in the 1870 census report. The county is best known as the namesake of its dynamic governor, Alexander Spotswood, and for its bloody Civil War battles. The African American community emerged from the ravages of war after more than 140 years of slavery. The community formalized the institutions they developed for survival during those years and charted a path for their growth. This volume pays homage to religion, work, service, education, and the human touch that brought families through undeniably difficult times.

Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 166mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780738553535
• ISBN-10: 0738553530
• Artikelnr.: 23353462

Autorenporträt

Terry Miller is a writer and frequent visitor to Spotsylvania, and Roger Braxton is a native whose family can be traced to the early 1800s. Their combined curiosity about local history has produced a work of historical insight, humor, and reverence to an ancestral past. The photographs and accompanying stories come largely from private collections of Spotsylvania African Americans who gratefully shared their ancestors' heritage with the wider world.