Description
Book SynopsisOver the course of more than twenty years, James Richardson and his wife retraced the steps of his ancestor, George Richardson, across nine states, uncovering letters, diaries, and memoirs hidden away. In narrating his compelling life,
The Abolitionist’s Journal explores the weight of the past as well as the pull of one’s ancestral history.
Table of Contents
- Part I
- Chapter 1. The Journal
- Chapter 2. Awakenings
- Chapter 3. Daisy
- Chapter 4. Dreams
- Chapter 5. James Crow
- Chapter 6. Chauncey Hobart
- Chapter 7. Across That Bridge
- Chapter 8. Freedom Ride
- Chapter 9. Dagger Strokes
- Part II
- Chapter 10. The Slaughter Pen
- Chapter 11. The Fort Pillow Boys
- Chapter 12. Fort Pickering
- Chapter 13. Snakes
- Chapter 14. Rebs and Refugees
- Chapter 15. Licked
- Chapter 16. War Criminal Park
- Part III
- Chapter 17. Owen
- Chapter 18. Texas Burning
- Chapter 19. Jeremiah Webster
- Chapter 20. Glory Bound
- Chapter 21. The Gillette Mansion
- Chapter 22. Alleyton
- Chapter 23. Caroline
- Part IV
- Chapter 24. Austin City Limits
- Chapter 25. Lily
- Chapter 26. Wild Geese
- Chapter 27. Emma
- Chapter 28. Seas and Stars
- Chapter 29. Charlottesville
- Chapter 30. Remembering
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index