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Photo by Raymond Boc James D. Russell
James Russell to discuss
his book at Warrenton
Borders on Feb. 25 Sperryville resident and author James D. Russell mil discuss and sign his book, at Borders book store in Warrenton on Saturday, February 25, at 2 p.m. Mr. Russell, who was featured recently in an article in The Washington Post, wrote the book about Ids great-grandmother, Caroline Tterry, who was a slave in Rappahannock and i- Culpeper counties. As a boy growing up in Sperryville, young James Russell spent many hours attending to his greatgrandmother who told him of her life on the plantations, . about slavery and the Civil War, before she died in 1941 at the age of 108. Russell, now 85, relates her stories in his book and tells of growing up in Sperryville in the era of racial segregation.
“I touched the hand of history. I listened to these stories in person,” Russell told the Post, which called him one of the few people still living who heard the stories of slavery, plantation life and the Civil War directly from someone who lived through that era. At Borders, Mr. Russell will display memorabilia collected by his slave ancestor and discuss her life and his own. The book, illustrated with many historical photographs, is published by Blackwater Publications and retails for $14.95. For more information, go to www.blackwaterpublications. com
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