03338nam 2200685 a 450 991078155300332120230126202614.00-8147-0792-010.18574/9780814707920(CKB)2550000000074162(EBL)865331(OCoLC)774293613(SSID)ssj0000635499(PQKBManifestationID)11367405(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635499(PQKBWorkID)10652935(PQKB)10805380(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323767(MdBmJHUP)muse19830(DE-B1597)547692(DE-B1597)9780814707920(Au-PeEL)EBL865331(CaPaEBR)ebr10519773(MiAaPQ)EBC865331(EXLCZ)99255000000007416220110721d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFreedom's gardener[electronic resource] James F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America /Myra B. Young ArmsteadNew York New York University Pressc20121 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-2523-9 0-8147-0510-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Life as a slave -- pt. 2. Free man and free laborer -- pt. 3. Free man and citizen.A fascinating study of freedom and slavery, told through the life of an escaped slave who built a life in the Hudson ValleyIn 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 pass the remainder of his life as a gardener to a wealthy family in the Hudson Valley. Two years after his escape and manumission, he began a diary which he kept until his death. In Freedom’s Gardener, Myra B. Young Armstead uses the apparently small and domestic details of Brown’s diaries to construct a bigger story about the transition from slavery to freedom.In this first detailed historical study of Brown’s diaries, Armstead utilizes Brown’s life to illuminate the concept of freedom as it developed in the United States in the early national and antebellum years. That Brown, an African American and former slave, serves as such a case study underscores the potential of American citizenship during his lifetime.African AmericansSocial conditionsHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)19th centuryFree black peopleHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)BiographyGardenersHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)BiographyFugitive slavesMarylandBiographyHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)History19th centuryHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)BiographyAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsFree black peopleGardenersFugitive slaves635.092BArmstead Myra Beth Young1954-1538535MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781553003321Freedom's gardener3788614UNINA