No Chariot Let Down

Charleston's Free People on the Eve of the Civil War

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters
Cover of the book No Chariot Let Down by Michael P Johnson, James L. Roark, The University of North Carolina Press
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Author: Michael P Johnson, James L. Roark ISBN: 9781469621487
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: August 1, 2016
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Michael P Johnson, James L. Roark
ISBN: 9781469621487
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: August 1, 2016
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status.

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These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status.

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