Gail Shaffer Blankenau

Gebundenes Buch

Journey to Freedom

Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory

Beschreibung

Journey to Freedom provides the first detailed history of Black enslavement in Nebraska Territory and the escape of two enslaved Black women—Celia and Eliza Grayson—from Nebraska City in 1858, which prompted nationwide debates about whether slavery could exist in the West and whether popular sovereignty truly worked.

Autor

Gail Shaffer Blankenau is a professional genealogist, historian, speaker, and author. She holds an MA degree in history from the University of Nebraska–Kearney, and in 2023 she received the James L. Sellers prize for her article about the Grayson sisters in a volume of Nebraska History magazine. Blankenau is from Nebraska and currently lives in Lincoln.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781496231529
• ISBN-10: 149623152X
• Artikelnr.: 67746730