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Autore |
Franklin John Hope <1915-2009, > |
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Titolo |
In search of the promised land : a slave family in the Old South / / John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p. ) : ill., maps |
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Collana |
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New narratives in American history |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved persons - Tennessee - Nashville |
African Americans - Tennessee - Nashville |
African American families - Southern States |
Slavery - Southern States |
Nashville (Tenn.) Biography |
Nashville (Tenn.) Race relations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Richard Godbeer describes the witch hunt that took place in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1692, detailing the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to wails of pain and fright, who accused several women of bewitching her. |
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