From slave ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the history of an African American family / James H. Johnston.
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نصالناشر:New York : Fordham University Press, 2012وصف:viii, 302 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780823239504
- 0823239500
- 9780823239511
- 0823239519
- E185.93.M2 J65 2012
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E185.93.M2 J65 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | المتاح | 30010011140740 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E185.93.M2 J65 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011143017 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index.
From Slave Ship to Harvard is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations. The author has reconstructed a unique narrative of black struggle and achievement from paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories. From Slave Ship to Harvard traces the family from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and finally today.
1 Yarrow Mamout, a West African Muslim Slave 7 -- 2 Tobacco and the Importation of a Labor Force 22 -- 3 Welcome to America 41 -- 4 Slavery and Revolution 52 -- 5 Yarrow of Georgetown 61 -- 6 The Portraits: Peale, Yarrow, and Simpson 81 -- 7 Free Hannath, Yarrow's Sister 101 -- 8 Nancy Hillman, Yarrow's Niece 112 -- 9 Aquilla Yarrow 122 -- 10 Mary "Polly" Turner Yarrow 132 -- 11 Aquilla and Polly in Pleasant Valley 140 -- 12 Traces of Yarrow 149 -- 13 Unpleasant Valley 158 -- 14 Freedom 177 -- 15 From Harvard to Today 189.
