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Before the war & after the union / by Sam Aleckson ; written by Samuel Williams ; with an introduction and annotations by Susanna Ashton.

Author/creator Aleckson, Sam, 1852-1946? author.
Other author/creatorAshton, Susanna, 1967- editor, writer of introduction.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Clemson, South Carolina : Clemson University Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice ©2021
Descriptionxxii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Variant title Before the war and after the union
Series African American literature series
African American literature series. ^A1428924
Abstract "Sam Aleckson was the pen name for Samuel Williams, a man born into slavery in Charleston, South Carolina, who wrote a memoir about his life and the world around him during and after his bondage. Published privately by his family, Before the War and After the Union traces Williams's life from his earliest memories of being enslaved and forced to serve Confederate soldiers in army camps, through the post-Civil War years as his family struggled to re-connect and build a new life during Reconstruction. It the ends with tales about his life as the head of a southern Black family newly relocated to Vermont at the turn-of-the-century"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Aleckson, Sam, 1852-1946? Before the war & after the union Clemson : Clemson University Press, 2021. 9781949979848
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formSlave narratives.
Genre/formSlave narratives.
LCCN2021011773
ISBN9781949979831
ISBN1949979830 (paperback)
ISBN(ebook)

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