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Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts - Elise Lemire
Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts - Elise Lemire
 
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Presents in a vivid fashion the little known story of slavery in Concord, and the history of the black families there from the time before the Revolution throgh the time of the Civil War. Thoreau's famous Walden Woods was home to several generations of freed slaves and their children. Shows us another side of the history of the birthplace of the Revolution and the home of the Transcendentalists. This paperback edition contains a new preface, where Lemire reflects on relevant legacy developments that have taken place in Concord since the hardback's publication. This book was reviewed in Thoreau Society Bulletin 310, Summer 2020, p. 8-9.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Paperback, 220 pp.

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