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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary life of Priscilla Joyner and her questalong with other formerly enslaved peopleto define freedom after the Civil War
Trade Review"
To Walk About in Freedom is truly a must read for anyone interested in seeing not only the nation’s racial past in a fresh light thanks to Emberton's brilliant re-mining, re-excavation, re-reading, and re-interpretation of the lives of the newly freed, but also in being able to come to all previous renderings of it better informed and to view them with a far more critical gaze." -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water
"Emberton does a masterful job of reconstructing Joyner’s life by acknowledging what the evidence allows her to conclude and where speculation must suffice…The book is ultimately a meditation on the importance of the imagination as a tool in the shaping of a historical narrative." -- Kevin Levin, author of Searching for Black Confederates and Civil War Memory
"Carole Emberton gives us a powerful new history of emancipation, one anchored in the inner life of an ordinary woman. Beautifully written using overlooked archival sources,
To Walk About in Freedom is essential reading, reminding us that freedom was and is a lived experience with deep emotional resonance." -- Megan Kate Nelson, author of Saving Yellowstone
"In this timely and evocative narrative, Carole Emberton follows Priscilla Joyner and the first generation of formerly enslaved Americans on a search for something more than legal emancipation alone. In their long pursuit of happiness, home, education, bel" -- W. Caleb McDaniel, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Sweet Taste of Liberty
