Between Freedom and Equality

Barbara Boyle Torrey is the former executive director of the Division of the Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. She has authored two local histories and edited three books. Clara Myrick Green has written a local history on a Potomac River community and coauthored two historical articles on George Pointer.

Foreword by James Fisher and Tanya Gaskins Hardy Foreword by Maurice Jackson Introduction1. From Slavery to Freedom2. The Risks of Freedom in a Slave State3. Nat Turner's Long Shadow4. The Gathering Storm5. The First Regiment US Colored Troops at War6. Reconstruction and Retreat7. At Home in Georgetown8. Migrating North9. Dry Meadows and the Encroaching City Appendix 1. Letter Facsimile and Transcription of the Petition of Capt. George Pointer, September 5, 1829 Appendix 2. The Family Tree of George Pointer Appendix 3. The Adventure of Genealogy About the Authors Notes Index