Between Freedom and Equality
Description
Between Freedom and Equality follows George Pointer?an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793?and six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked in Washington, DC, granting the family their long-overdue place in American history.
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Barbara Boyle Torrey is the former executive director of the Division of the Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. She has authored two local histories and edited three books.
Clara Myrick Green has written a local history on a Potomac River community and coauthored two historical articles on George Pointer.
Content
Foreword by James Fisher and Tanya Gaskins Hardy
Foreword by Maurice Jackson
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. From Slavery to Freedom
2. The Risks of Freedom in a Slave State
3. Nat Turner's Long Shadow
4. The Gathering Storm
5. The First Regiment of US Colored Troops at War
6. Reconstruction and Retreat
7. At Home in Georgetown
8. Migrating North
9. Dry Meadows and the Encroaching City
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Letter Facsimile and Transcription of the Petition of Capt. George Pointer, September 5, 1829
Appendix 2. The Family Tree of George Pointer
Appendix 3. The Adventure of Genealogy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
