Description |
1 online resource (viii, 302 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introduction -- Yarrow Mamout, a West African Muslim slave -- Tobacco and the importation of a labor force -- Welcome to America -- Slavery and revolution -- Yarrow of Georgetown -- The Portraits : Peale, Yarrow, and Simpson -- Free Hannah, Yarrow's sister -- Nancy Hillman, Yarrow's niece -- Aquilla Yarrow -- Mary ''Polly'' Turner Yarrow -- Aquilla and Polly in Pleasant Valley -- Traces of Yarrow -- Unpleasant Valley -- Freedom -- Illustrations -- From Harvard to today -- Epilogue: Guide to the Yarrows' and Turners' world today |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index (pages 283-302) |
Notes |
English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed July, 2023) |
Subject |
Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823.
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Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823 -- Family
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SUBJECT |
Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823 -- Family
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Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823
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Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823 fast |
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Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823. fast/nic/nac |
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Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Biography
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Free African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
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African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
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Slavery -- Maryland -- History
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African American families -- Maryland -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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African American families
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African Americans
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Families
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Free African Americans
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Slavery
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Enslaved persons
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Maryland
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780823239535 |
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0823239535 |
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9780823246663 |
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0823246663 |
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1280777540 |
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9781280777547 |
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9786613687937 |
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6613687936 |
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