Research Catalog

Title

Malindy's freedom : the story of a slave family / by Mildred Johnson and Theresa Delsoin ; edited by Stuart Symington, Jr., and Anne W. Symington.

Author

Johnson, Mildred, 1916-

Publication

St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society Press ; [Columbia, Mo.] : Distributed by University of Missouri Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Delsoin, Theresa.
• Symington, Stuart, Jr.
• Symington, Anne W.

Description

xv, 215 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Wilson, Malindy, b. ca. 1820
• Women slaves > United States > Biography
• Cherokee Indians > Mixed descent
• Cherokee women > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215).

Contents

The way of the Cherokees -- Rose Dawn is enslaved -- Malindy becomes a house slave and is sold -- Life in the big house -- Malindy meets old free Charlie Wilson -- Prayer meetings at the grape arbor -- Slave motherhood : Malindy feels the lash -- Sold on the auction block -- Malindy's son George defies slavery -- The nation becomes divided -- Free, free at last.

Call Number

JGG 05-19

ISBN

1883982537 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005002751

OCLC

• 57579190
• vendorOCM57579190

Author

Johnson, Mildred, 1916-

Title

Malindy's freedom : the story of a slave family / by Mildred Johnson and Theresa Delsoin ; edited by Stuart Symington, Jr., and Anne W. Symington.

Imprint

St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society Press ; [Columbia, Mo.] : Distributed by University of Missouri Press, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215).

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Added Author

Delsoin, Theresa.

Symington, Stuart, Jr.

Symington, Anne W.

Research Call Number

JGG 05-19

Sc F 05-575