Research Catalog

Title

To free a family [electronic resource] : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.

Author

Nathans, Sydney.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (330 p., [20] p. of plates) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

To free a family (Online)

Alternative Title

To free a family (Online)

Subject

• Walker, Mary, -1872
• Walker, Mary, -1872 > Family
• Fugitive slaves > Northeastern States > Biography
• Enslaved women > North Carolina > Orange County > Biography
• African American women > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biography
• Family reunions > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 19th century
• Cambridge (Mass.) > Biography
• Orange County (N.C.) > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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."

LCCN

2011023122

OCLC

ssj0000613024

Author

Nathans, Sydney.

Title

To free a family [electronic resource] : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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