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- catalog abstract "The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary. Goods and services commanded a premium in the life of the frontier. Free Frank's career shows what an exceptional black man, though working against great odds, could accomplish through industry, acumen, and aggressiveness. His story suggests a great deal about business activity and legal practices, as well as racial conditions, on the frontier. Juliet Walker has performed a task of historical detection in recreating the life of Free Frank from family traditions, limited personal papers, public documents, and secondary sources. In doing so, she has added a significant chapter to the history of Afro-Americans. - Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b1236619.
- catalog coverage "Illinois Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog coverage "New Philadelphia (Ill.) History.".
- catalog created "c1983.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "c1983.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1983.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [207]-214.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- A slave who would be free -- The formative years -- "For a valuable consideration" -- Speculation in freedom -- Black pathfinders on the Illinois frontier -- Land acquisitions and New Philadelphia's origin -- The development of New Philadelphia -- The achievement of a dream -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insight into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary. Goods and services commanded a premium in the life of the frontier. Free Frank's career shows what an exceptional black man, though working against great odds, could accomplish through industry, acumen, and aggressiveness. His story suggests a great deal about business activity and legal practices, as well as racial conditions, on the frontier. Juliet Walker has performed a task of historical detection in recreating the life of Free Frank from family traditions, limited personal papers, public documents, and secondary sources. In doing so, she has added a significant chapter to the history of Afro-Americans. - Back cover.".
- catalog extent "xii, 223 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Free Frank.".
- catalog identifier "0813114721 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Free Frank.".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "c1983.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Free Frank.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky".
- catalog spatial "New Philadelphia (Ill.) History.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Illinois Biography.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Illinois History.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Kentucky History.".
- catalog subject "F460.N4 F728 1983".
- catalog subject "Frank, Free, 1777-1854.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- A slave who would be free -- The formative years -- "For a valuable consideration" -- Speculation in freedom -- Black pathfinders on the Illinois frontier -- Land acquisitions and New Philadelphia's origin -- The development of New Philadelphia -- The achievement of a dream -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Free Frank : a black pioneer on the antebellum frontier / Juliet E.K. Walker.".
- catalog type "text".