SAMPLE PAGES

 

SAMPLE CHAPTER - Part 1

 

BREAK EVERY YOKE features comprehensive information about the Quaker Manumission Society of North Carolina. Substantive written material is accompanied by historical documents, photographs, maps and graphs presented in informative sidebars.

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Branches

Many of the branches of the Manumission Society were associated with Friends meetings. Others were centered at Methodist, Baptist or Churches of Christ, and some were unaffiliated. The sketches (example below) include geographical location and their term within the Society. These descriptions include photographs of those which exist today as meetings or churches.

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SAMPLE BIOGRAPHY - Part 2

 

Biographical sketches of Manumission Society delegates include birth and death dates, parents, spouses and children, branch represented and year(s) the delegate attended. An example is reproduced below.

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Part 2 has profiles on Manumission Society delegates descendants.

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Biographical information includes sidebars that feature famous historical figures.

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