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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Brown, James Francis, > 1793-1868.
Brown, James Francis, > 1793-1868
1800-1899
African Americans > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Free Black people > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
Gardeners > Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Maryland > Biography.
Noirs américains > Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Personnes noires affranchies > Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Jardiniers > Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Esclaves fugitifs > Maryland > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
GARDENING > Regional > General.
African Americans > Social conditions
Free Black people
Fugitive slaves
Gardeners
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > History > 19th century.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Biography.
Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Hudson, Vallée de l' (N.Y. et N.J.) > Biographies.
Maryland
United States > Hudson River Valley
Electronic book.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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