First things first. Go out and pick up a copy of Carole Emberton’s new book, To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner. I’ve been looking forward to its publication for some time. It arrived on Tuesday and I am just about finished reading it.
Emberton uses the story of Priscilla Joyner to explore a much broader story of how Afri…
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