Free Frank : A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier

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The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Juliet E. K., 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1983.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frank, Free, > 1777-1854.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Noirs americains > Illinois > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Kentucky > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Illinois > Histoire.
Noirs americains > Kentucky > Histoire.
African Americans > Illinois > Biography.
African Americans > Kentucky > Biography.
African Americans > Illinois > History.
African Americans > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
Illinois > New Philadelphia.
Illinois.
Illinois > Biographies.
Kentucky > Biographies.
Illinois > Biography.
Kentucky > Biography.
New Philadelphia (Ill.) > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary. We first learn details of Frank's life when in 1795 his owner moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky. We know that he married Lucy, a slave on a neighboring farm, in 1799. Later he was allowed to hire out his time, and when his owner moved to Tenness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780813148519

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