To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / / Sydney Nathans
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Nathans Sydney
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| Titolo: |
To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / / Sydney Nathans
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/62092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Fugitive slaves - Northeastern States |
| Women slaves - North Carolina - Orange County | |
| African American women - Massachusetts - Cambridge | |
| Family reunions - Massachusetts - Cambridge - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Cambridge (Mass.) Biography |
| Orange County (N.C.) Biography | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: A Secret Striving -- 1. Reluctant Runaway -- 2. Sanctuary -- 3. "In the Midst of Friends" -- 4. "Never Reject the Claims of the Fugitive" -- 5. The Rescue Plot -- 6. "A Spirit Like a Dove" -- 7. A Season of Silence -- 8. "A Case of Heart Breaking Distress" -- 9. If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen -- 10. "The Welfare of Her Race" -- 11. "To Part No More" -- Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her son and daughter. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price--remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | To free a family |
| ISBN: | 0-674-06329-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809886503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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