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050 4 _aE185.93.M2 -- J65 2012eb
082 0 _a306.3/62092 B
100 1 _aJohnston, James H.
245 1 0 _aFrom Slave Ship to Harvard :
_bYarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFordham University Press,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (312 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aA 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAfrican American families - Maryland.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aJohnston, James H.
_tFrom Slave Ship to Harvard
_dNew York : Fordham University Press,c2012
_z9780823239504
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3239632
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