Free Frank : a Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier.
The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable fo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
1983
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary. We first learn details of Frank's life when in 1795 his owner moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky. We know that he married Lucy, a slave on a neighboring farm, in 1799. Later he was allowed to hire out his time, and when his owner moved to Tenness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813148519 0813148510 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
