Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia

Almost Free

A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia

2012 • 190 pages

In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.


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Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900

Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900 is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Afua Cooper, Eva Sheppard Wolf, and Kit Candlin.

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