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Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676

by T.H. Breen, Stephen Innes · 1980

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Concentrating on the lives of blacks who achieved freedom, this book describes how, against formidable odds, they amassed property, established plantations, acquired dependent labourers, and lived for several generations as free and independent members of Virginia society.

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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisslaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEastern ShoreEastern ShoreMore like thisLess of thisVirginiaVirginiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 160 pages

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