LEADER 03338nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910781553003321 005 20230126202614.0 010 $a0-8147-0792-0 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814707920 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074162 035 $a(EBL)865331 035 $a(OCoLC)774293613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10652935 035 $a(PQKB)10805380 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323767 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19830 035 $a(DE-B1597)547692 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814707920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865331 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519773 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865331 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074162 100 $a20110721d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom's gardener$b[electronic resource] $eJames F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America /$fMyra B. Young Armstead 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4798-2523-9 311 $a0-8147-0510-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Life as a slave -- pt. 2. Free man and free laborer -- pt. 3. Free man and citizen. 330 $aA 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions$zHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$y19th century 606 $aFree black people$zHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$vBiography 606 $aGardeners$zHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$vBiography 606 $aFugitive slaves$zMaryland$vBiography 607 $aHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aFree black people 615 0$aGardeners 615 0$aFugitive slaves 676 $a635.092 676 $aB 700 $aArmstead$b Myra Beth Young$f1954-$01538535 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781553003321 996 $aFreedom's gardener$93788614 997 $aUNINA