Cecelia and Fanny [electronic resource] : the remarkable friendship between an escaped slave and her former mistress / Brad Asher.
Asher, Brad, 1963-
2011
F459.L853 A22 2011eb
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Title Cecelia and Fanny [electronic resource] : the remarkable friendship between an escaped slave and her former mistress / Brad Asher.
Author Asher, Brad, 1963-
ISBN 9780813134154 (electronic book)
9780813134147
Imprint Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 227 p.) : ill., maps, ports.
Call Number F459.L853 A22 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8009769
Summary Cecelia was a fifteen-year-old slave when she accompanied her mistress, Frances "Fanny" Thruston Ballard, on a holiday trip to Niagara Falls. During their stay, Cecelia crossed the Niagara River and joined the free black population of Canada. Although documented relationships between freed or escaped slaves and their former owners are rare, the discovery of a cache of letters from the former slave owner to her escaped slave confirms this extraordinary link between two urban families over several decades. Cecelia and Fanny: The Remarkable Friendship between an Escaped Slave and Her Former Mistress is a fascinating look at race relations in mid-nineteenth-century Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on the experiences of these two families during the seismic social upheaval wrought by the emancipation of four million African Americans. Far more than the story of two families, Cecelia and Fanny delves into the history of Civil War-era Louisville. Author Brad Asher details the cultural roles assigned to the two women and provides a unique view of slavery in an urban context, as opposed to the rural plantations more often examined by historians.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Eight minutes from freedom
Fanny : learning to be a slave owner
Cecelia : learning about being a slave
Fanny : a woman's place
Cecelia : a family in freedom
Fanny : the Civil War in Louisville
Cecelia : a new life in Rochester
Fanny : postwar trials
Cecelia : back in Louisville
Conclusion : the bonds of slavery.

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