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WINNER OF THE 2021 PHILLIS WHEATLEY BOOK AWARD
UNCIVIL WAR
Between the sheets of Black and White
Grey and Blue divide
Ever spilt the red life force
The truth?
A shared Blood Line
(c) 2020 Denise I. Griggs
Peter Hunt and his family were slaves, owned by his White father in Mississippi. A further irony was that his Mother was named America, and they lived on a plantation in a town named Liberty.
Mississippi was one of several slave owning states that seceded from the government and declared themselves the new Confederate States. Peter's White half-brother enlisted in their new army. When the Confederate States army fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, it began the Civil War.
As a war maneuver against the Confederacy, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln emancipated all slaves in the Confederate states, then allowed newly freed slaves to enlist in a new regiment of the Union Army - the United States Colored Troops (USCT). With the addition of the US Colored Troops, the Union Army defeated the Confederate States Army to win the Civil War.
Peter Hunt, through the author, tells the trials and tribulations of his own life story from being born a slave, to Emancipation, becoming a soldier in the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), a 1st time citizen because of the 14th Amendment, first time voter because of the 15th Amendment, owning over 150 acres of land, and homesteading it through the 1862 Homestead Act (still in his family).
This story is a "must read," so that teens and young adults may know and understand that life isn't always what it “appears” or is “said” to be.
The Author examines Peter Hunt’s life, from her family’s oral history, historical documentation, family pictures, DNA, and the political, cultural, economic, and a world view timeline during his life.
*Although Peter died in 1915, the Author chose to write Peter's story in the style of the Writer's Federal Project (WPA) of the 1930's, when African American former slaves were interviewed about their lives.
Author will autograph all purchases.
$19.99 + $3.25 shipping.
Delivery within 2 weeks.
Also available on Amazon A Mulatto Slave the Events in the Life of Peter Hunt, 1844-1915: Griggs, Denise I: 9781735019307: Amazon.com: Books
VIDEOS:
Black Homesteading in America Project
Peter Hunt (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
- Ancestor Poster - https://bit.ly/3iU0iZm
- Phillis Wheatley Book Award - https://bit.ly/3cUIf1u
Nurturing Our Roots with Antoinette and Karran
- Homestead Act of 1862 featuring Bernice Bennett
INTERVIEWS:
Research at the National Archives with Bernice Bennett
- Searching for Truth
Nurturing Our Roots with Antoinette Harrell
