{"product_id":"to-walk-about-in-freedom-the-long-emancipation-of-priscilla-joyner-9781324050278","title":"To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003ePriscilla Joyner was born into slavery in 1858 North Carolina and grew up isolated and unsure of who she was. Her life story captures the intimate nature of freedom, and historian Carole Emberton uncovers the deeply personal, emotional journeys of the charter generation. Emancipation opened up a myriad of new possibilities, but slavery cast a long shadow, and segregation, disfranchisement, and racial violence threatened the loving home she made for her family. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 14 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: WW Norton \u0026amp; Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePriscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 1858 North Carolina, coming of age at the dawn of emancipation. Raised by a white slaveholding woman, she never knew the truth about her parentage and grew up isolated and unsure of who she was and where she belonged. Her life story, candidly recounted in an oral history for the Federal Writers Project, captures the intimate nature of freedom. Historian Carole Emberton uncovers the deeply personal, emotional journeys of the charter generation—the people born into slavery who walked into a new world of freedom during the Civil War. Emancipation opened up a myriad of new possibilities, from what to wear and where to live to what jobs to take and who to love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Joyner was educated at a Freedmens Bureau school and married a man she loved, slavery cast a long shadow. Uncertainty about her parentage haunted her life, and as Jim Crow took hold throughout the South, segregation, disfranchisement, and racial violence threatened the loving home she made for her family. But through it all, she found beauty in the world and added to it where she could. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Walk About in Freedom weaves together illuminating voices from the charter generation, giving us a kaleidoscopic look at the lived experiences of emancipation and challenging us to think anew about the consequences of failing to reckon with the afterlife of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 218g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 211 x 140 x 18 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781324050278\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CaroleEmberton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44126042947834,"sku":"9781324050278","price":11.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1679470071954_book_a2a18501-d442-439e-bb4f-fc74c97367bb.jpg?v=1679772397","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/to-walk-about-in-freedom-the-long-emancipation-of-priscilla-joyner-9781324050278","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}