The Hanging of Thomas Jeremiah: A Free Black Man's Encounter with Liberty

SKU: 2364552306_2

Brand: Yale University Press

Product Description

The tragic untold story of how a nation struggling for its freedom denied it to one of its own. In 1775, Thomas Jeremiah was one of fewer than five hundred “Free Negros” in South Carolina and, with an estimated worth of £1,000 (about $200,000 in...