The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description: xi, 419 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, coat of arms ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
Washington family.
Baker, John F., 1962- -- Family.
African American families.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
Tobacco farms -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
Wessyngton Plantation (Tenn.) -- History.
Robertson County (Tenn.) -- Antiquities.
Washington family.
Baker, John F., 1962- -- Family.
African American families.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
Tobacco farms -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
Wessyngton Plantation (Tenn.) -- History.
Robertson County (Tenn.) -- Antiquities.
ISBN:
9781416567400
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Washington Family | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-392) and index.