Two copies of the book A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom by David Blight are now available for checkout at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. The book focuses on two unpublished manuscripts by former slaves Wallace Turnage (1846–1916) and John Washington (1838–1918), and offers an illuminating analysis by award-winning historian David W. Blight. It is a coming of age story, offering a unique window on life (learning to read, falling in love, finding religious faith) in a slave society. Blight provides an accessible historical and literary context for the manuscripts and explores the men’s lives not covered in their manuscripts. These powerful memoirs reveal poignant, heroic, painful and inspiring lives.
The story of Wallace Turnage follows his numerous escape attempts from Pickensville, Alabama through Columbus, Aberdeen, and on to Corinth, Mississippi in 1863.
You may find this book in the Non-Fiction section with the call number 326 Bli.
A Slave No More is also the selected book for the Friends of the Library Book Talk on February 11 from 2-3pm at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. Archivist Mona K. Vance will explore the major themes of the two memoirs.
For more information regarding this book go to http://www.davidwblight.com/asnm.htm.
