Linda Salisbury\'s retelling of John Mercer Langston\'s life story is closely based on his 534-page autobiography, From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capital (published 1894).
Langston was orphaned at.
Born in Louisa, Virginia, in 1829, he and his siblings were the children of a wealthy white plantation owner and his emancipated slave.
Langston\'s Career in education, politics, and as a champion of Constitutional rights for all, is stunning, yet largely unknown today.
Linda Salisbury\'s retelling of John Mercer Langston\'s life story is closely based on his 534-page autobiography, From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capital (published 1894)