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| Format | Book |
| Author |
 Gerzina, Gretchen.
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| Title |
Mr. and Mrs. Prince : how an extraordinary eighteenth-century family moved out of slavery and into legend / Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina ; researched with Anthony Gerzina.
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| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publisher | New York : Amistad, c2008. |
| Physical Descrip. | 256 p. : ill., maps, geneal. table ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-245) and index. |
| Contents | The attack -- Bijah’s life with the Doolittles -- Bijah goes to war -- The Negro network -- Lucy enters -- Lucy grows up -- Courtship and marriage -- Daily life -- Getting to Guilford -- Battles on the home front -- Lucy goes to court -- Bijah’s last years -- Betrayed -- The Negro house -- A tale of two couples. |
| Abstract | A portrait of an African-American poet and her Revolutionary War veteran husband describes their groundbreaking court battle to retain their land in Vermont and Massachusetts when neighbors attempted to run them out of town. |
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Prince, Lucy Terry, d. 1821.
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Prince, Abijah, 1705 or 6-1794.
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Freedmen -- New England -- History -- 18th century -- Biography.
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African Americans -- New England -- History -- 18th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN | 9780060510732 |
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| Owned By |
AC Frost Library
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| Owned By |
SC Neilson Library
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| Owned By |
UM Du Bois Library
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UM Reserves Media Microforms
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