To free a family :: the journey of Mary Walker /
"What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom, like that of thousands...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price- remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. This story is anchored in two extraordinary collections of letters and diaries, that of her former North Carolina slaveholders and that of the northern family- Susan and Peter Lesley- who protected and employed her. The author's sensitive and penetrating narrative reveals Mary Walker's remarkable persistence, as well as the sustained collaboration of the black and white abolitionists who assisted her. Mary Walker and the Lesleys ventured half a dozen attempts at liberation, from ransom to ruse to rescue, until the end of the Civil War reunited Mary Walker with her son and daughter. Unlike her more famous counterparts- Harriet Tubman, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth- who wrote their own narratives and whose public defiance made them heroines, Mary Walker's efforts were protracted, wrenching, and private. Her odyssey was more representative of women refugees from bondage who labored secretly and behind the scenes to reclaim their families from the South. In recreating Mary Walker's journey, this book gives voice to their hidden epic of emancipation and to an untold story of the Civil War era."--Jacket |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (330 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) :) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674063297 0674063295 9780674725942 0674725948 |
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| spelling | Nathans, Sydney, author. To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (330 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) :) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: A Secret Striving -- Reluctant Runaway -- Sanctuary -- "In the Midst of Friends" -- "Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive" -- The Rescue Plot -- "A Spirit Like a Dove" -- A Season of Silence -- "A Case of Heart-Rending Distress" -- If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen -- "The Welfare of Her Race" -- "To Part No More" -- Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them." "What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price- remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. This story is anchored in two extraordinary collections of letters and diaries, that of her former North Carolina slaveholders and that of the northern family- Susan and Peter Lesley- who protected and employed her. The author's sensitive and penetrating narrative reveals Mary Walker's remarkable persistence, as well as the sustained collaboration of the black and white abolitionists who assisted her. Mary Walker and the Lesleys ventured half a dozen attempts at liberation, from ransom to ruse to rescue, until the end of the Civil War reunited Mary Walker with her son and daughter. Unlike her more famous counterparts- Harriet Tubman, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth- who wrote their own narratives and whose public defiance made them heroines, Mary Walker's efforts were protracted, wrenching, and private. Her odyssey was more representative of women refugees from bondage who labored secretly and behind the scenes to reclaim their families from the South. In recreating Mary Walker's journey, this book gives voice to their hidden epic of emancipation and to an untold story of the Civil War era."--Jacket Print version record. English. Walker, Mary, -1872. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011039316 Walker, Mary, -1872 Family. Walker, Mary, -1872 fast Walker, Mary. idszbz Walker, Mary, -1872 Biography. idszbzes Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. Enslaved women North Carolina Orange County Biography. African American women Massachusetts Cambridge Biography. Family reunions Massachusetts Cambridge History 19th century. Cambridge (Mass.) Biography. Orange County (N.C.) Biography. Esclaves fugitifs États-Unis (Nord-Est) Biographies. Femmes esclaves Caroline du Nord Orange Biographies. Noires américaines Massachusetts Cambridge Biographies. Réunions familiales Massachusetts Cambridge Histoire 19e siècle. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Social Scientists & Psychologists. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery. bisacsh African American women fast Families fast Family reunions fast Fugitive slaves fast Enslaved women fast Massachusetts Cambridge fast North Carolina Orange County fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxmBq7mdfm3kk4YmYdvpP Northeastern States fast Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. idszbzes 1800-1899 fast Biographies fast History fast has work: To free a family (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGhWvMvMmRDCF7WdQxCKMP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Nathans, Sydney. To free a family. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674062122 (DLC) 2011023122 (OCoLC)709670250 |
| spellingShingle | Nathans, Sydney To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / Prologue: A Secret Striving -- Reluctant Runaway -- Sanctuary -- "In the Midst of Friends" -- "Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive" -- The Rescue Plot -- "A Spirit Like a Dove" -- A Season of Silence -- "A Case of Heart-Rending Distress" -- If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen -- "The Welfare of Her Race" -- "To Part No More" -- Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them." Walker, Mary, -1872. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011039316 Walker, Mary, -1872 Family. Walker, Mary, -1872 fast Walker, Mary. idszbz Walker, Mary, -1872 Biography. idszbzes Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. Enslaved women North Carolina Orange County Biography. African American women Massachusetts Cambridge Biography. Family reunions Massachusetts Cambridge History 19th century. Esclaves fugitifs États-Unis (Nord-Est) Biographies. Femmes esclaves Caroline du Nord Orange Biographies. Noires américaines Massachusetts Cambridge Biographies. Réunions familiales Massachusetts Cambridge Histoire 19e siècle. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Social Scientists & Psychologists. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery. bisacsh African American women fast Families fast Family reunions fast Fugitive slaves fast Enslaved women fast Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. idszbzes |
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| title_full | To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans. |
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| topic | Walker, Mary, -1872. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011039316 Walker, Mary, -1872 Family. Walker, Mary, -1872 fast Walker, Mary. idszbz Walker, Mary, -1872 Biography. idszbzes Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. Enslaved women North Carolina Orange County Biography. African American women Massachusetts Cambridge Biography. Family reunions Massachusetts Cambridge History 19th century. Esclaves fugitifs États-Unis (Nord-Est) Biographies. Femmes esclaves Caroline du Nord Orange Biographies. Noires américaines Massachusetts Cambridge Biographies. Réunions familiales Massachusetts Cambridge Histoire 19e siècle. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Social Scientists & Psychologists. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery. bisacsh African American women fast Families fast Family reunions fast Fugitive slaves fast Enslaved women fast Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. idszbzes |
| topic_facet | Walker, Mary, -1872. Walker, Mary, -1872 Family. Walker, Mary, -1872 Walker, Mary. Walker, Mary, -1872 Biography. Fugitive slaves Northeastern States Biography. Enslaved women North Carolina Orange County Biography. African American women Massachusetts Cambridge Biography. Family reunions Massachusetts Cambridge History 19th century. Cambridge (Mass.) Biography. Orange County (N.C.) Biography. Esclaves fugitifs États-Unis (Nord-Est) Biographies. Femmes esclaves Caroline du Nord Orange Biographies. Noires américaines Massachusetts Cambridge Biographies. Réunions familiales Massachusetts Cambridge Histoire 19e siècle. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Social Scientists & Psychologists. SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery. African American women Families Family reunions Fugitive slaves Enslaved women Massachusetts Cambridge North Carolina Orange County Northeastern States Biographies History |
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