In the True Blue's Wake: Slavery and Freedom Among the Families of Smithfield Plantation
(Part of the The American South Series Series)
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In 1759, William Preston purchased sixteen enslaved Africans brought to America aboard the True Blue, an English slave ship. Over the next century, the Preston family enslaved more than two hundred individuals and used their labor to establish and operate Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, Virginia. Daniel Thorp uncovers the stories of the men and women who were enslaved at Smithfield, one of the first plantations west of the Blue Ridge Mountains,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813947235
ISBN13:9780813947235
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:206 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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