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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781998503321

Autore

Auslander Mark

Titolo

The accidental slaveowner [[electronic resource] ] : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family / / Mark Auslander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25297-X

9786613252975

0-8203-4192-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Disciplina

975.8/041

Soggetti

Slavery - Georgia - History - 19th century

Enslaved women - Georgia - Social conditions - 19th century

Slaveholders - Georgia

Bishops - Georgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The myth of Kitty -- Distant kin : slavery and cultural intimacy in a Georgia community -- "The tenderest solicitude for her welfare" : founding texts of the Andrew-Kitty narrative -- "As free as I am" : retelling the narrative -- "The other side of paradise" : mythos and memory in the cemetery -- "The most interesting building in Georgia" : the strange career of Kitty's cottage -- Enigmas of kinship : Miss Kitty and her family -- "Out of the shadows" : the Andrew family slaves -- Saying something now.