Melvin Patrick Ely: 1 book
Israel on the Appomattox
A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEA New York Times Book Review and Atlantic Monthly Editors' ChoiceThomas Jefferson denied that whites and freed blacks could live together in harmony. His cousin, Richard Randolph, not only disagreed, but made it possible for ninety African Americans to prove Jefferson wrong....
