Rambles of a runaway from southern slavery /
Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man's name, Henry Goings....
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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Table of Contents:
- My birth and birth place in Virginia. My name, Elijah Turner. Changes from one master to another. In North Carolina. Tennessee. Alabama. Georgia. Mississippi. New Orleans. Emigrating from plantation to plantation. My marriage. Death of my last master
- My change of name and escape from slavery. Through Tennessee. Kentucky. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio to Michigan. Employed at various places, and at Perryburg (Ohio)
- Landed in Canada. Nearly victimized into slavery again. Returns after his wife. Trial at Perryburg. Escape to Canada. Marriage of second wife
- Observations on slavery. The present war. The Church. The Irish orator, Shiells
- Remarks on some of the southern states, and emigration to them
- Appendix
- Editors' appendices. Maps. Interviews with "Henry Gowens" and "Mrs. Henry Gowens". Letter to the editor, by Henry Goins. "Farm for sale" notice showing Henry Goings as sales agent.