Finding Francis: One Familys Journey from Slavery to Freedom West Elizabeth J.
Finding Francis: One Familys Journey from Slavery to Freedom West Elizabeth J. Finding Francis, finding family, freeing historyFrancis is found. This is the story of Francis Sistrunk and her…
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Finding Francis: One Familys Journey from Slavery to Freedom West Elizabeth J.
Finding Francis, finding family, freeing historyFrancis is found. This is the story of Francis Sistrunk and her children, from enslavement into forced migration across South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Beyond Francis, a family is found--in archival material that barely deigned to notice their existence.
A family story full of twists and turns, Finding Francis reclaims and honors those women who played an essential role in the historical survival and triumph of Black people during and after American slavery. It spans decades before the Civil War and continues into post-emancipation America. Elizabeth West has created a remarkable biohistoriography of everyday Black resistance, grounded in a determination to maintain enduring connections of family, kinship, and community despite the inhumanity and rapacity of slavery.
There is inevitable heartbreak
From Slavery to Freedom
Journey to Freedom
Finding Freedom to Create
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
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Journey to the West