Free men in an age of servitude three generations of a black family /
Warner, Lee H.
Free men in an age of servitude three generations of a black family / Lee H. Warner. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (177 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Antonio the Soldier; 2. George the Entrepreneur; 3. Work and Family; 4. Reversal; 5. George's Defeat; 6. California; 7. George's Family; 8. John the Politician; 9. The End of Reconstruction; 10. Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subscribed to the Western, middle-class value system that taught that hard work, personal rectitude, and maintenance of family life would lead to happiness and prosperity. But for them it did not --
9780813164861
Proctor family.
African American families--History.--Florida
African American men--Florida--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .F744 1992
Free men in an age of servitude three generations of a black family / Lee H. Warner. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (177 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Antonio the Soldier; 2. George the Entrepreneur; 3. Work and Family; 4. Reversal; 5. George's Defeat; 6. California; 7. George's Family; 8. John the Politician; 9. The End of Reconstruction; 10. Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subscribed to the Western, middle-class value system that taught that hard work, personal rectitude, and maintenance of family life would lead to happiness and prosperity. But for them it did not --
9780813164861
Proctor family.
African American families--History.--Florida
African American men--Florida--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .F744 1992