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

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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.
Temas:
Larrison, Cecelia.
Ballard, Fanny Thruston.
1800-1899
Enslaved persons > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Slaveholders > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Canada > Biography.
African American women > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Women, White > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Friendship > Case studies.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > Kentucky > Louisville > Biographies.
Esclaves fugitifs > Canada > Biographies.
Noires américaines > Kentucky > Louisville > Biographies.
Blanches > Kentucky > Louisville > Biographies.
Amitié > Études de cas.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African American women.
Friendship.
Fugitive slaves.
Race relations.
Slaveholders.
Enslaved persons.
Women, White.
Louisville (Ky.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Louisville (Ky.) > Biography.
Canada.
Kentucky > Louisville.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
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Sumario: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 or escaped slaves and their former owners are rare, the discovery of a cache of letters from the former slave owner to her escaped slave confirms this extraordinary link between two urban families over several decades. Cecelia and Fanny: The Remarkable Friendship between an Escaped Slave and Her Former Mistress is a fascinating look at race relations in mid-nineteenth-century Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on the experiences of these two families during the seismic social upheaval wrought by the emancipation of four million African Americans. Far more than the story of two families, Cecelia and Fanny delves into the history of Civil War-era Louisville. Author Brad Asher details the cultural roles assigned to the two women and provides a unique view of slavery in an urban context, as opposed to the rural plantations more often examined by historians
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813135922
0813135923
9780813134147
0813134145
9780813134154
0813134153
9780813140322
0813140323

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