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Author Baker, John F., 1962-

Title The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation : stories of my family's journey to freedom / John F. Baker, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2009.
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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B WASHINGTON FAMILY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  929.2 B174    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  929.2097 BAK    Check Shelf
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description xi, 419 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, fascims., maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-392) and index.
Contents The photo in my textbook -- That's Washington, where your people came from -- We walked every step of the way from Virginia to Tennessee -- We built that big house brick by brick -- By the sweat of their brows : the largest tobacco plantation in America -- It takes a whole village -- Working from can't to can't -- I couldn't hear nobody pray -- Wessyngton rebels -- Follow the north star -- On the road to freedom : Wessyngton under siege -- No longer under Washington control -- August the 8th -- In their own words -- The church in the hollow -- Digging for the truth -- Generations in transition -- Back through the centuries with DNA -- Epilogue: To honor our ancestors.
Subject Washington family.
Plantation life -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
African American families.
Wessyngton Plantation (Tenn.) -- History.
Tobacco farms -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- History.
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
Robertson County (Tenn.) -- Antiquities.
Baker, John F., 1962- -- Family.
Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Robertson County -- Biography.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
ISBN 9781416567400
1416567402
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