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What Love Can Do
Recollected Stories of Slavery and Freedom in New Orleans and the Surrounding Area
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The narrative follows Henry Goody Johns, the son of a young slave girl and her Louisiana master, who faces a pivotal choice between passing for white or embracing his black heritage. Choosing to identify with his mother and siblings, he becomes a pastor after the Emancipation Proclamation, highlighting themes of identity, family loyalty, and the struggle for dignity in a post-slavery society.
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What Love Can Do, Arthur Mitchell
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- What Love Can Do
- Subtitle
- Recollected Stories of Slavery and Freedom in New Orleans and the Surrounding Area
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Arthur Mitchell
- Publisher
- Balboa Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 118
- ISBN13
- 9781452546247
- Category
- Biographies and Thoughts
- Description
- The narrative follows Henry Goody Johns, the son of a young slave girl and her Louisiana master, who faces a pivotal choice between passing for white or embracing his black heritage. Choosing to identify with his mother and siblings, he becomes a pastor after the Emancipation Proclamation, highlighting themes of identity, family loyalty, and the struggle for dignity in a post-slavery society.