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Somerset Homecoming : Recovering a Lost Heritage

Somerset Homecoming : Recovering a Lost Heritage Paperback - 2000

by Dorothy Spruill Redford

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A moving chronicle of the author's quest to trace the history of her enslaved ancestors and successfully reunite more than 2,000 of their descendants at the Somerset Place plantation, now a historic site in North Carolina. "The best, most beautifully researched, and most thoroughly presented black family history that I know of".QAlex Haley.

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University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Somerset Homecoming : Recovering a Lost Heritage
  • Author Dorothy Spruill Redford
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
  • Date 2000
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0807848433I4N00
  • ISBN 9780807848432 / 0807848433
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.38 in (23.50 x 19.05 x 0.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: North Carolina
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Somerset Place (N.C.), African Americans - North Carolina -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99043644
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.6

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Chronicles the author's ten-year quest to trace the history of her enslaved ancestors and her successful efforts to reunite more than 2,000 of their descendants at Somerset Place, the original plantation, now a historic site in North Carolina.

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  • Black Issues Book Review, 05/01/2005, Page 41

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