Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War
(Part of the The New Black Studies Series Series)
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Freeing Charles recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. Scott Christianson follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad and his experiences in the North on the eve of the Civil War. This engaging narrative represents...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252076885
ISBN13:9780252076886
Release Date:January 2010
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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