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Abby Guy

Race and Slavery on Trial in an 1855 Southern Court

by Russell Mahan
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017

Abby Guy was an illiterate slave woman, but bold and audacious, who took the slave establishment to court and put race and slavery on trial before a jury. She lived three decades as a slave and then ten years as a free woman, wife, widow and mother. In December of 1854 she and her four children were...
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