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Plantations, Slavery and Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore by Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-10146714102X
ISBN-139781467141024
eBay Product ID (ePID)3038387259
Product Key Features
Book TitlePlantations, Slavery and Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicSlavery, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Agriculture / General, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, History
AuthorJacqueline Simmons Hedberg
Book SeriesAmerican Heritage Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-958995
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal306.3/62097521
SynopsisAfrican Americans, both enslaved and free, were vital to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Maryland became a slave society in colonial days when tobacco ruled. Some enslaved people, like Anthony Johnson, earned their freedom and became successful farmers. After the Revolutionary War, others were freed by masters disturbed by the contradiction between liberty and slavery. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman ran from masters on the Eastern Shore and devoted their lives to helping other enslaved people with their words and deeds. Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg uses local records, including those of her ancestors, to tell a tale of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage., The riveting, heart wrenching story of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage on Maryland's eastern shore. African Americans, both enslaved and free, were vital to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Maryland became a slave society in colonial days when tobacco ruled. Some enslaved people, like Anthony Johnson, earned their freedom and became successful farmers. After the Revolutionary War, others were freed by masters disturbed by the contradiction between liberty and slavery. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman ran from masters on the Eastern Shore and devoted their lives to helping other enslaved people with their words and deeds. Jacqueline Simmons Hedberg uses local records, including those of her ancestors, to tell a tale of slave traders and abolitionists, kidnappers and freedmen, cruelty and courage.
LC Classification NumberE445.M3H43 2019
