From Slave to Statesman: The Life of Educator, Editor, and Civil Rights Activist Willis M. Carter of Virginia

by Robert Heinrich and Deborah Harding

In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter?s handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slavery in Virginia who, at the onset of freedom, gained an education, became a teacher, started a family, and edited a newspaper. Even his life as a slave seemed exceptional: he described how his owners treated him and his family with respect, and he learned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807162655
• ISBN13: 9780807162651
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.9"