Submitted by Sis on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 9:41am.
New England Freedom?
Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend by Gretchen Gerzina tells the story of first known African American poet, Lucy Terry and her husband Abijah Prince. What they accomplished in the 18th century was remarkable for former slaves. They were able to obtain the "American Dream" of having a family and owning property where they lived. Life was not easy and the Princes fought bigoted neighbors and found themselves in court many times asserting their rights in this pre-Civil War history of a Black family.
