TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnston,James H.
TI  - From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family
SN  - 9780823239528
AV  - E185.93.M2 -- J65 2012eb 
U1  - 306.3/62092 B 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Fordham University Press
KW  - African American families - Maryland
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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