{"product_id":"rambles-of-a-runaway-from-henry-goings-9780813932392","title":"Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man's name, Henry Goings. His life story takes us on an epic journey, traveling from his Virginia birthplace through the cotton kingdom of the Lower South, and upon his escape from slavery, through Tennessee and Kentucky, then on to the Great Lakes region of the North and to Canada. His \u003ci\u003eRambles\u003c\/i\u003e show that slaves were found not only in fields but also on the nation's roads and rivers, perpetually in motion in massive coffles or as solitary runaways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA freedom narrative as well as a slave narrative, this compact yet detailed book illustrates many important developments in antebellum America, such as the large-scale forced migration of enslaved people from long-established slave societies in the eastern United States to new settlements on the cotton frontier, the political-economic processes that framed that migration, and the accompanying human anguish. Goings's life and reflections serve as important primary documents of African American life and of American national expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This edition features an informative and insightful introduction by Calvin Schermerhorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Goings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813932394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813932392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Henry Goings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926416621823,"sku":"9780813932392","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1512e1c6-364d-48be-a872-eedc3e07d4ff.jpg?v=1681082967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rambles-of-a-runaway-from-henry-goings-9780813932392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}