ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823239528
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Slave Ship to HarvardDDC classification:
  • 306.3/62092 B
LOC classification:
  • E185.93.M2 -- J65 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.