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Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend
June 12, 2008
Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook writer

Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend, tells the remarkable true story of a pre-Civil War African-American family in New England. Mr. and Mrs. Prince uncovers the lives of those who could have been forgotten and brings to light a history that's intrigued but eluded many until now.

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Authors | New England | African American | Non-Fiction | Race
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