Bibliograph

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, stories of my family's journey to freedom, John F. Baker, Jr

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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, stories of my family's journey to freedom, John F. Baker, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-392) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

227570665

Responsibility statement

John F. Baker, Jr

Sub title

stories of my family's journey to freedom

Summary

Traces the author's thirty-year research into his slave ancestry, describing the history of the massive tobacco plantation where his ancestors worked and his family's extensive genealogical legacy

Table Of Contents

The photo in my textbook -- That's Washington, where your people came from -- We walked every step of the way from Virginia to Tennessee -- We built that big house brick by brick -- By the sweat of their brows : the largest tobacco plantation in America -- It takes a whole village -- Working from can't to can't -- I couldn't hear nobody pray -- Wessyngton rebels -- Follow the north star -- On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege -- No longer under Washington control -- August the 8th -- In their own words -- The church in the hollow -- Digging for the truth -- Generations in transition -- Back through the centuries with DNA -- Epilogue: To honor our ancestors

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