From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family.
Johnston, James H.
From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Yarrow Mamout, a West African Muslim Slave -- 2 Tobacco and the Importation of a Labor Force -- 3 Welcome to America -- 4 Slavery and Revolution -- 5 Yarrow of Georgetown -- 6 The Portraits: Peale, Yarrow, and Simpson -- 7 Free Hannah, Yarrow's Sister -- 8 Nancy Hillman, Yarrow's Niece -- 9 Aquilla Yarrow -- 10 Mary ''Polly'' Turner Yarrow -- 11 Aquilla and Polly in Pleasant Valley -- 12 Traces of Yarrow -- 13 Unpleasant Valley -- 14 Freedom -- 15 From Harvard to Today -- Epilogue: Guide to the Yarrows' and Turners' World Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day.
9780823239528
African American families - Maryland.
Electronic books.
E185.93.M2 -- J65 2012eb
306.3/62092 B
From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Yarrow Mamout, a West African Muslim Slave -- 2 Tobacco and the Importation of a Labor Force -- 3 Welcome to America -- 4 Slavery and Revolution -- 5 Yarrow of Georgetown -- 6 The Portraits: Peale, Yarrow, and Simpson -- 7 Free Hannah, Yarrow's Sister -- 8 Nancy Hillman, Yarrow's Niece -- 9 Aquilla Yarrow -- 10 Mary ''Polly'' Turner Yarrow -- 11 Aquilla and Polly in Pleasant Valley -- 12 Traces of Yarrow -- 13 Unpleasant Valley -- 14 Freedom -- 15 From Harvard to Today -- Epilogue: Guide to the Yarrows' and Turners' World Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day.
9780823239528
African American families - Maryland.
Electronic books.
E185.93.M2 -- J65 2012eb
306.3/62092 B