Swann Wright Dianne (38 results)

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition. Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community.…

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: New. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condition: Very Good. copy is tight and unmarked with very little wear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. HARDBACK. Very Good Plus clean hardback copy without a dust jacket. #.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. pbk 192pp illus lightly covers shelfworn otherwise internally an excellent clean tight text.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. An African American folk saying declares, ""Our God can make a way out of no way.He can do anything but fail."" When Dianne Swann-Wright set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors-African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War-she had to find that way, just as her people had done in creating a new life after emancipation. In order to tell their story, she could not rely solely on documents from the plantation where her forebears had lived. Unlike the register of babies born, marriages made, or lives lost that white families' Bibles contained, ledgers recorded Swann-Wright's ancestors, as commodities. Thus Swann-Wright took another route, setting out to gather spoken words-stories, anecdotes, and sayings. What results is a strikingly rich and textured history of a slave community. Looking at relations between plantation owners and their slaves and the succeeding generations of both, A Way out of No Way explores what it meant for the master-slave relation to change to one of employer and employee and how patronage, work relationships, and land acquisition evolved as the people of Piedmont Virginia entered the twentieth century. Swann-Wright illustrates how two white landowners, one of whom had headed a plantation before the Civil War, learned to compensate freed persons for their labor. All the more fascinating is her study of how the emancipated learned to be free-of how they found their way out of no way.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Octavo. 183pp+index illustrated. A fine copy in black wraps. inscribed by the author to. Name on front fly leaf Inscribed By Author.

This issue only. Small 4to (23 cm). 48 pp. Illustrated from color and black and white photographs, artwork, portraits, facsimiles, map. 12 essays and other material. Color illustrated wrapper, staples. Very good.

First edition. 8vo. 29 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs, primarily portraits. "[The project] locates and records the oral histories of the descendants of Monticello's enslaved families," who are featured in biographical sketches here. Illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good.

Condition: New. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTG; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284. . 2002. Paperback. . . . . …

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTG; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284. . 2002. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no dj. Clean and tight. 195 pages, index, notes, bibliography, b&w photos.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover/Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Using the experiences of her own family of freed slaves, the author looks at relations between plantation owners and their slaves after emancipation, how African Americans made a new life as employees and landowners as Piedmont Virginia entered the twentieth century. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 306.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. An African American folk saying declares, ""Our God can make a way out of no way.He can do anything but fail."" When Dianne Swann-Wright set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors-African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War-she had to find that way, just as her people had done in creating a new life after emancipation. In order to tell their story, she could not rely solely on documents from the plantation where her forebears had lived. Unlike the register of babies born, marriages made, or lives lost that white families' Bibles contained, ledgers recorded Swann-Wright's ancestors, as commodities. Thus Swann-Wright took another route, setting out to gather spoken words-stories, anecdotes, and sayings. What results is a strikingly rich and textured history of a slave community. Looking at relations between plantation owners and their slaves and the succeeding generations of both, A Way out of No Way explores what it meant for the master-slave relation to change to one of employer and employee and how patronage, work relationships, and land acquisition evolved as the people of Piedmont Virginia entered the twentieth century. Swann-Wright illustrates how two white landowners, one of whom had headed a plantation before the Civil War, learned to compensate freed persons for their labor. All the more fascinating is her study of how the emancipated learned to be free-of how they found their way out of no way.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.