Freedom's Gardener : James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America /

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In 1793 James F. Brown was born a slave and in 1868 he died a free man. At age 34 he ran away from his native Maryland to spend the remainder of his life in upstate New York's Hudson Valley, where he was employed as a gardener by the wealthy, Dutch-descended Verplanck family on their estate in...

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Autor principal: Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Brown, James Francis, > 1793-1868
Brown, James Francis, > 1793-1868.
Gardeners
Fugitive slaves
Free Black people.
African Americans > Social conditions
GARDENING > Regional > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Esclaves fugitifs > Maryland > Biographies.
Jardiniers > Hudson, Vallee de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Personnes noires affranchies > Hudson, Vallee de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Hudson, Vallee de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Fugitive slaves > Maryland > Biography.
Gardeners > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
Free Black people > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
African Americans > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Hudson River Valley
Maryland
Hudson, Vallee de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Hudson, Vallee de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
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