To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker /

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"What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom, like that of thousands...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nathans, Sydney (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Walker, Mary, > -1872.
Walker, Mary, > -1872 > Family.
Walker, Mary, > -1872
Walker, Mary.
Walker, Mary, > -1872 > Biography.
1800-1899
Fugitive slaves > Northeastern States > Biography.
Enslaved women > North Carolina > Orange County > Biography.
African American women > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biography.
Family reunions > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 19th century.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Biographies.
Femmes esclaves > Caroline du Nord > Orange > Biographies.
Noires américaines > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biographies.
Réunions familiales > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
African American women
Families
Family reunions
Fugitive slaves
Enslaved women
Cambridge (Mass.) > Biography.
Orange County (N.C.) > Biography.
Massachusetts > Cambridge
North Carolina > Orange County
Northeastern States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: A Secret Striving
  • Reluctant Runaway
  • Sanctuary
  • "In the Midst of Friends"
  • "Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive"
  • The Rescue Plot
  • "A Spirit Like a Dove"
  • A Season of Silence
  • "A Case of Heart-Rending Distress"
  • If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen
  • "The Welfare of Her Race"
  • "To Part No More"
  • Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them."

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