Between Freedom and Equality by RPCV Barbara Boyle Torrey (Tanzania)
Between Freedom and Equality by Barbara Boyle Torrey (Tanzania 1963-65) & Myrick Green Georgetown University Press 279 pages $22.49 (Kindle); $25.50 (Hardcover) June 2021 An original history of six generations of an African American family living in Washington, DC Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington’s Potomac Company. It follows the lives of six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation’s capital. By tracing the story of one family and their experiences, Between Freedom and Equality offers a moving and inspiring look at the challenges that free African Americans have faced in Washington, DC, since the district’s founding. The story begins with an 1829 letter from Pointer that is preserved . . .
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