Almost free

by Eva Sheppard Wolf · 2012

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In Almost Free, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
raceraceMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisslaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisVirginiaVirginiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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