Eneas Africanus

Description:

Major George Tommey sends a letter to the Macon Telegraph and Messenger, asking for assistance in locating "an old family negro of mine who disappeared in 1864." He receives in return letters from all over the South from people who have had encounters with the lively, talkative old man.

subjects: African Americans,  Fiction,  Slaves,  Slavery and slaves in literature,  Folklore,  Slavery,  Justification,  Slaveholders,  Freed persons,  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Places: Southern States