Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 [Hardcover]

Adele Logan Alexander (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press; 2nd ptg edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557282145
• ISBN-13: 978-1557282149
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,558,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A look at another African American lifestyle, September 1, 1999

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Dera R Williams (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 (Hardcover)

This book was an eye-opener in that we get to view another way of African American lifestyle that many of us are unaware, black as well as white. Slavery forced us into a divide and conquer theory among blacks but Ms. Logan Alexander's family never forgot their African heritage and dedicated themselves to uplift the race leaving a legacy that is still intact. I recommend this book and look forward to reading her new book, Homelands and Waterways.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book is an excellent book on her family memories, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 (Hardcover)

Miss Alexander book will help me with my own family history. The Barnes family of Hancock County Ga. Which were also freed people of color. Many thanks to you Ms. Alexander!!!! You have done a excellent job!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars My family, January 24, 2012

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Walter R./Hunt - See all my reviews

This review is from: AMBIGUOUS LIVES: FREE WOMEN OF COLOR IN RURAL GEORGIA (Black Community Studies) (Paperback)

I am a Hunt and I am so glad that Ms. Alexander decided to write this book about our family because the world needs to know about what happen in Sparta Ga and what is happening right now in our family. The Tommy and Beatrice Hunt family thank you very much for telling the story.