Author : Kirt Von Daacke
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813933099
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Freedom Has a Face by : Kirt Von Daacke
Download or read book Freedom Has a Face written by Kirt Von Daacke and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the inhabitants of Albemarle County (in rural Piedmont Virginia), white, black, and mixed-race treated each other more on the basis of a person's reputations than on the basis of state laws requiring restrictions on black freedom. Examples are drawn from law proceedings, (blacks did testify in courts despite its being against the law), marriages, residence, and other matters.