Becoming Lunsford Lane : The Lives of an American Aeneas

Name: Becoming Lunsford Lane : The Lives of an American Aeneas
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press

By challenging the rules of enslavement and, later, pushing the boundaries of free citizenship in North Carolina, Lunsford Lane (1803\u201379) became a folk hero to many enslaved Southerners, as well as a generation of abolitionists. Author of a unique \""slave narrative\"" and a speaking partner with some of the era's greatest orators, including William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Highland Garnett, William Wells Brown, and Frederick Douglass, Lane became a celebrity who watched as the persona he created gradually faltered and failed him and his family. Yet even as his influence waned, Lane's enemies pounced\u2014a white mob determined to tar and feather him, reformers who saw his contributions to abolition as a threat to their causes, and a neighbor who attempted to set fire to the Lane home while Lunsford\n\nBecoming Lunsford Lane\nThe Lives of an American Aeneas\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\n;