We were always free : the Maddens of Culpeper County, Virginia : a 200-year family history

Ever since 1758, when Sarah Madden was born to an unmarried Irish woman and an unknown black father, the Maddens have been free, escaping--and sometimes defying--the laws and customs that condemned other African Americans to slavery in their native state of Virginia. "A deeply personal account of an extraordinary American family."--Newsweek. Illustrations.