Research Paper on:
Carrie Allen McCray's Freedom's Child

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no one way in which African Americans, or whites, lived during these times anymore than there is one way the descendants of these people live today. We have African Americans  who were incredibly educated and successful in parts of the country during the time following the Civil War. We also have many more who were simple laborers scratching out a  living. In "Freedoms Child: The Life of a Confederate Generals Black Daughter" by Carrie Allen McCray we have one very unique story that is perhaps unlike most stories associated with  the African American experience. In the following paper we examine some parts of her story as they define the African American experience from 1865 to 1930. Freedoms Child From  the very first page of McCrays book we see that her story is somewhat different than that of many other African Americans during the time. It is a story about  her family, beginning with slavery and ending with her mothers strong involvement in the Civil Rights movement. What makes her story so incredibly different, as we note on the first  page, is that her grandfather was white. Now, of course, many slaves were at the mercy of their masters and as such many female slaves found themselves bearing a white  mans baby. So, in this there is no unique condition. But, the unique element comes into play when we note that the household possesses a picture of this man, as  though he were admired and welcomed as an active part of the family: "In Mamas bedroom there was a huge four-poster bed, the birthing bed where all except one of  her ten children were born. In that same room, on the mantelpiece over the fireplace, was a picture of a white man in a uniform....In later years, my brother Hunter