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Cecelia and Fanny : the remarkable friendship between an escaped slave and her former mistress /

Cecelia was a fifteen-year-old slave when she accompanied her mistress, Frances "Fanny" Thruston Ballard, on a holiday trip to Niagara Falls. During their stay, Cecelia crossed the Niagara River and joined the free black population of Canada. Although documented relationships between freed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asher, Brad, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Eight minutes from freedom
  • Fanny : learning to be a slave owner
  • Cecelia : learning about being a slave
  • Fanny : a woman's place
  • Cecelia : a family in freedom
  • Fanny : the Civil War in Louisville
  • Cecelia : a new life in Rochester
  • Fanny : postwar trials
  • Cecelia : back in Louisville
  • Conclusion : the bonds of slavery.