LEADER 03176nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910827470403321 005 20230725030702.0 010 $a0-8166-7527-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069887 035 $a(EBL)648104 035 $a(OCoLC)699513563 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12180043 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10454731 035 $a(PQKB)10296798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648104 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442230 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069887 100 $a20100802d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWho speaks for Margaret Garner?$b[electronic resource] /$fMark Reinhardt 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (330 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4258-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : an extraordinary case? -- Documents -- Escape and capture -- In the Commissioner's Court -- Return -- Requisition? -- Whose sovereignty? : courts in conflict -- The Ohio legislature responds : debate on the floor -- The battle in the press : editorials on the murder -- The battle in the press : editorials on the trial, return, and requisition -- Silence in the deep South : the case of Charleston, South Carolina -- Speeches, sermons, and "interviews" -- Final developments -- Literary sources, literary echoes -- Appendix: Text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Chronology of key events, 1856-71. 330 $aIn January 1856, Margaret Garner and her family were at the center of one of the most dramatic and intensely contested fugitive slave cases in the nation's history. Just hours after escaping slavery in Kentucky and taking refuge in a home in Cincinnati, the Garners were cornered by authorities. As the captors sought to enter the house, Garner killed her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Mary. Reports suggested that she had tried to kill her three other children, too. These events were instantly sensationalized in the media, stimulating heated debates throughout the country: What did it mean th 517 3 $aWho speaks for Margaret Garner? :$ethe true story that inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved 606 $aTrials (Infanticide)$zOhio$zCincinnati 606 $aInfanticide$zOhio$zCincinnati$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc$zOhio$zCincinnati 606 $aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 615 0$aTrials (Infanticide) 615 0$aInfanticide$xHistory 615 0$aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a306.3/62092 676 $aB 700 $aReinhardt$b Mark$01710857 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827470403321 996 $aWho speaks for Margaret Garner$94101778 997 $aUNINA