Adult Books

Traces the history of three generations of freed African-American farmers who endeavored to establish a life and community in northern Vermont, examining tax and estate records, journals, and other primary source documents, and describing the Hinesburg community between 1790 and 1890.

Many believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulence and violence, through, some brave Vermonters helped fight for the freedom of their enslaved Southern brethren. Discover the stories of these and others in Vermont who risked their own lives to help more than four thousand slaves to freedom.

Presents the true story of a pre-Civil War African-American family, Lucy and Abijah Prince, former slaves who achieved financial success as free persons in Massachusetts and Vermont.

A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"-- began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own long lifetime. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began to interview Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history.