The African Called Carr: The Ancestral Journey from the Slave Ship Wanderer to Freedom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781588385833)

Vendor: Velma Maia Thomas
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Format: Paperback
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The African Called Carr: The Ancestral Journey from the Slave Ship Wanderer to Freedom

$29.95

The African Called Carr: The Ancestral Journey from the Slave Ship Wanderer to Freedom

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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In April 1866, Charles Carr entered the Freedman's Savings and Trust in Savannah, Georgia, to open an account. With the help of an agent, he completed the commonly asked questions on the application. His answers were most intriguing and, in at least one regard, perhaps like none other. According to Carr, he was born in the Congo and, like his father and sister, arrived in the United States aboard the slave ship Wanderer--a vessel that illegally transported more than four hundred Africans to America in 1858, in full defiance of federal laws.

The African Called Carr tells Charles Carr's story--a sojourn filled with passion, disappointments, setbacks, and determination. Through documents held in the National Archives, Thomas discovers Carr and his community and reveals his account of the Middle Passage, the wisdom and courage of women in his free community, and the pride in the voices of hardworking Black men free from the yoke of bondage. Thomas traces Carr and his descendants as they walk a lonesome path, butting against a system that refuses to yield. In many ways, Carr's story is the story of being Black in America and serves as a reminder to today's African American community of the victories of the past and battles yet to be won.

Author: Velma Maia Thomas
ISBN-10: 1588385833
ISBN-13: 9781588385833
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2026
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
By Velma Maia Thomas
By Velma Maia Thomas
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VELMA MAIA THOMAS is a public historian and a sought-after public speaker who has authored several books. She has served as a subject expert for documentaries streamed on Netflix and PBS and has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered. She is the creator of the nationally acclaimed Black Holocaust Exhibit, a collection of original documents on slavery and resistance in America, housed in the Shrines of the Black Madonna Cultural Center and Bookstore in Atlanta, Georgia. Velma has interviewed a host of nationally known civil rights activists, taught African American history as an adjunct professor, and researched and crafted text for historical markers. She lives and writes in Atlanta.

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