{"title":"Carole Emberton","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarole Emberton’s works navigate the intersections of personal freedom and historical context, inviting readers to explore narratives woven with rich insight and emotional depth. Her writing often illuminates the complexities of history and human experience, blending carefully researched detail with evocative storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to history and military themes will find Emberton’s approach both thoughtful and compelling, offering perspectives that challenge and enrich understanding. Her books provide a thoughtful exploration of past struggles and the enduring quest for liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"to-walk-about-in-freedom-by-carole-emberton-9781324001829","title":"To Walk About in Freedom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePriscilla Joyner was born into the world of slavery in 1858 North Carolina and came of age at the dawn of emancipation. Raised by a white slaveholding woman, Joyner never knew the truth about her parentage. She grew up isolated and unsure of who she was and where she belonged—feelings that no emancipation proclamation could assuage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer life story—candidly recounted in an oral history for the Federal Writers' Project—captures the intimate nature of freedom. Using Joyner's interview and the interviews of other formerly enslaved people, historian Carole Emberton uncovers the deeply personal, emotional journeys of freedom's charter generation—the people born into slavery who walked into a new world of freedom during the Civil War. From the seemingly mundane to the most vital, emancipation opened up a myriad of new possibilities: what to wear and where to live, what jobs to take and who to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Joyner was educated at a Freedmen's Bureau school and married a man she loved, slavery cast a long shadow. Uncertainty about her parentage haunted her life, and as Jim Crow took hold throughout the South, segregation, disfranchisement, and racial violence threatened the loving home she made for her family. 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