First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900

Authors

Caitlin Verboon

ISBN

978-0-8078-7104-1

Price

$22.95

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Abstract

Chains of Migration, Community Building, and the Pursuit of Freedom

“At the same time that the first contrabands began to trickle into Worcester," Janette Thomas Greenwood writes, “Worcesterites made their way to North Carolina to help Horace James and others ‘make a new South’....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.12.3.8

Recommended Citation

Verboon, Caitlin (2010) "First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 12 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.12.3.8
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol12/iss3/8