A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom

"Two remarkable lives, previously lost, emerge with startling clarity, largely through the words of the principal actors themselves... Washington and Turnage... offer a precious commodity." -- William Grimes, The New York Times

" A Slave No More is a remarkable and rare volume. We are fortunate that David W. Blight, a foremost authority on the slave narrative, has applied his considerable skills as a historian and detective to these extraordinary stories of 'ordinary' men. The narratives of Turnage and Washington will surely take their place among the most moving and instructive examples of the genre."-- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

"Fascinating... gripping stories that speak to our understanding of the slave legacy and the meaning of the Civil War and Reconstruction with obvious implications for the issues of reparations, historical responsibility, and historical memory that continue to roil our society." -- Boston Globe

“[The] narratives are powerful and poignant and help to fill in the cracks of history in voices too rarely heard . . . Readers will . . . be powerfully grateful.” —Christian Science Monitor

“By editing and elaborating upon these striking autobiographies, David Blight has done an inestimable service to historians.”—New York Review of Books

"A Slave No More presents two of the most significant finds in the entire genre of slave narratives and of the primary material from the Civil War."--David Levering Lewis