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"Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
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1981
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Historical GeographyCritical Race TheoryColonialismVirginia SocietyBlack ExperienceDependent LabourersAfrican American HistorySocial SciencesSettler ColonialismAfrican American StudiesEastern ShoreCivil RightsDescendant CommunitiesCultural HistoryAfrican American FreedomHistorical AnalysisFormidable OddsAfrican American SlaveryMyne Owne GroundAnthropologySocial Justice
Concentrating on the lives of blacks who achieved freedom, this book describes how, against formidable odds, they amassed property, established plantations, acquired dependent labourers, and lived for several generations as free and independent members of Virginia society.