We Were Always Free: The Maddens of Culpeper County, Virginia, a 200-Year Family History

By T.O. Madden

Book Overview

Ever since 1758, when Sarah Madden was born to an unmarried Irish woman and an unknown black father, the Maddens have been free, escaping--and sometimes defying--the laws and customs that condemned other African Americans to slavery in their native state of Virginia. "A deeply personal account of an extraordinary American family."--Newsweek. Illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679745815
• ISBN13: 9780679745815
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"