The accidental slaveowner : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family
- Author/Creator:
- Auslander, Mark
- Publication/Creation:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The accidental slaveowner : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family / Mark Auslander
- Series Titles:
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Electronic books
- Subjects:
- Andrew, James O.(James Osgood),1794-1871
Kitty,1822-1851
Methodist Episcopal Church, South--History--19th century
Bishops--Georgia--Biography
Slaveholders--Georgia--Biography
Enslaved women--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century
Slavery--Georgia--History--19th century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The myth of Kitty -- Distant kin : slavery and cultural intimacy in a Georgia community -- "The tenderest solicitude for her welfare" : founding texts of the Andrew-Kitty narrative -- "As free as I am" : retelling the narrative -- "The other side of paradise" : mythos and memory in the cemetery -- "The most interesting building in Georgia" : the strange career of Kitty's cottage -- Enigmas of kinship : Miss Kitty and her family -- "Out of the shadows" : the Andrew family slaves -- Saying something now.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (376 pages) ; cm
- Local Note:
- Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990031664420302486
- ISBN:
- 0820341924
9780820340425 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0820340421 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820340432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082034043X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820341927
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