To free a family [electronic resource] : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.
2012
E450.W322 N37 2012eb
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To free a family [electronic resource] : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.
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9780674063297 (electronic book)
0674062124
0674063295
9780674062122
0674062124
0674063295
9780674062122
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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English
Description
1 online resource (330 p.) : ill., maps.
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E450.W322 N37 2012eb
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306.3/62092 B
Summary
"What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? 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 family."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: A Secret Striving
Reluctant Runaway
Sanctuary
"In the Midst of Friends"
"Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive"
The Rescue Plot
"A Spirit Like a Dove"
A Season of Silence
"A Case of Heart-Rending Distress"
If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen
"The Welfare of Her Race"
"To Part No More"
Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them."
Reluctant Runaway
Sanctuary
"In the Midst of Friends"
"Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive"
The Rescue Plot
"A Spirit Like a Dove"
A Season of Silence
"A Case of Heart-Rending Distress"
If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen
"The Welfare of Her Race"
"To Part No More"
Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them."