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    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit
    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit
    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit
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    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit

    By Thomas Dresser

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    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard have an epic history. From the days when slaves toiled away in the fresh New England air, through abolition and Reconstruction and continuing into recent years, African Americans have fought arduously to preserve a vibrant culture here. Discover how the Vineyard became a sanctuary for slaves during the Civil War and how many blacks first came to the island as indentured servants. Read tales of the Shearer Cottage, a popular vacation destination for prominent blacks from Harry T. Burleigh to Scott Joplin, and how Martin Luther King Jr. vacationed here as well. Venture through the Vineyard with local tour guide Thomas Dresser and learn about people such as Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and President Barack Obama, who return to the Vineyard for respite from a demanding world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 6, 2020
    ISBN9781614230533
    African Americans of Martha's Vineyard: From Enslavement to Presidential Visit
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    Thomas Dresser

    Tom Dresser started his professional literary career while in fifth grade, publishing a monthly newspaper, the Springdale News, until he went off to college in 1965. In 2002, Tom began a career as a bus driver, wending his way over the winding, hilly West Tisbury school bus route. The kindergartener he picked up in 2002 he dropped off for high school graduation in 2015. For more than a decade, Tom drove tour buses around Martha's Vineyard. His self-published booklet, Tommy's Tour of the Vineyard, still stands as a premier tour guide for Martha's Vineyard. Tom also drove tour vans and limousines on the Island. Today, Tom devotes himself to enjoying time with nine grandchildren and savoring life with his wife of twenty years, Joyce Dresser. It's been a great run.

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