From slave ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the history of an African American family / James H. Johnston.

9780823239504
0823239500

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

English

viii, 302 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

E185.93.M2 J65 2012

306.3/62092 B

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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