Free Frank : a Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier.

By:

Walker, Juliet E. K, 1940- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813148519

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F460 .F744 1983

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Contents:

Subject: 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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	F460.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900344358

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Slave Who Would Be Free; 2. The Formative Years; 3. ""For a Valuable Consideration""; 4. Speculation in Freedom; 5. Black Pathfinders on the Illinois Frontier; 6. Land Acquisitions and New Philadelphia's Origin; 7. The Development of New Philadelphia; 8. The Achievement of a Dream; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographic Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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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