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To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker
Nathans, Sydney.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Pub date:
2011.
Pages:
330 p. :
ISBN:
9780674062122
Item info:
1 copy available at Elmira - Central (Steele) Library.
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Elmira - Central (Steele) Library
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BW182
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Adult NonFiction Book
Biography
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am8a
key
ocn709670250
Data source
OCoLC
Fixed field data
110610s2012 mauab b 001 0beng
LCCN
2011023122
ISBN
9780674062122
ISBN
0674062124
Cataloging Source
DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP IAD
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pcc
Geographic Area Code
n-us-nc n-us-ma n-use--
LC Call Number
E450.W322 N37 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
306.3/62092 B 23
Personal Author
Nathans, Sydney.
Title
To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.
Publication info
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Projected pub date
1202
Physical description
330 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
Personal subject
Walker, Mary, d. 1872.
Personal subject
Walker, Mary, d. 1872--Family.
Subject term
Fugitive slaves--Northeastern States--Biography.
Subject term
Women slaves--North Carolina--Orange County--Biography.
Subject term
African American women--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Biography.
Subject term
Family reunions--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History--19th century.
Geographic term
Cambridge (Mass.)--Biography.
Geographic term
Orange County (N.C.)--Biography.
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