The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation : : Stories of my Family's Journey to Freedom
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Introduction: My thirty year journey and research (1976-2006) -- The photo -- The search begins -- The founding of Wessyngton Plantation, 1796 -- The mansion they built : the early years -- By the sweat of their brows : the largest tobacco plantation in America -- Their community -- The search continues -- The dig -- Their daily lives -- Their health, customs, and traditions -- Defiance -- Runaways and rebels -- On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege, part I -- On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege, part II -- Emancipation and change -- New directions -- Generations in transition -- DNA roots -- Epilogue: Family reunions.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Atria, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 419 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416567400
1416567402
SUBJECTS
Washington family.
Baker, John F., -- 1962- -- Family.
African American families.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
African Americans -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Enslaved people -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Robertson County -- History.
Tobacco farms -- Robertson County -- History.
Wessyngton Plantation (Tenn.) -- History.
Robertson County (Tenn.) -- Antiquities.