
No Chariot Let Down
Charleston's Free People on the Eve of the Civil War
James L. Roark(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 28. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-8078-4943-9 (ISBN)
Description
These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
287 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-4943-9 (9780807849439)
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No Chariot Let Down
Charleston's Free People on the Eve of the Civil War
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