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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom
by John Baker
ISBN
9781416567417
Published
2010
Pages
432
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Subjects
About This Book
When John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook—two of them were his grandmother's grandparents. He began the lifelong research project that would become The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, the fruit of more than thirty years of archival and field research and DNA testing spanning 250 years.
A descendant of Wessyngton slaves, Baker has written the most accessible and exciting work of African Amer
A descendant of Wessyngton slaves, Baker has written the most accessible and exciting work of African Amer
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