The Accidental Slaveowner : Revisiting a Myth of Race and Finding an American Family.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part One: Memory, Myth, and Kinship -- 1 The Myth of Kitty -- 2 Distant Kin: Slavery and Cultural Intimacy in a Georgia Community -- Part Two: Slavery as a Mythical System -- 3 "The Tenderest Solicitude for Her Welfare": Founding Texts of the Andrew-Kitty Narrative -- 4 "As Free as I Am": Retelling the Narrative -- 5 "The Other Side of Paradise": Mythos and Memory in the Cemetery -- 6 "The Most Interesting Building in Georgia": The Strange Career of Kitty's Cottage -- Part Three: Families Lost and Found -- 7 Enigmas of Kinship: Miss Kitty and Her Family -- 8 "Out of the Shadows": The Andrew Family Slaves -- 9 Saying Something Now -- Appendix 1. Guide to Persons Mentioned in the Text -- Appendix 2. Timeline -- Appendix 3. Kitty's Possible Origins -- Appendix 4. Kitty's Children -- Appendix 5. The Greenwood Slaves, Postemancipation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Part history, part anthropology, and part detective story, The Accidental Slaveowner traces, from the 1850s to the present day, how different groups of people have struggled with one powerful story about slavery. Auslander's research helps open up important arenas for reconciliation, restorative justice, and social healing.

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