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From slave ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the history of an African American family / James H. Johnston.
Van Pelt Library E185.93.M2 J65 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, James H., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823.
- Mamout, Yarrow.
- Mamout, Yarrow, 1736-1823--Family.
- Enslaved persons--Maryland--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Free African Americans--Maryland--Biography.
- Free African Americans.
- African Americans--Maryland--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Slavery--Maryland--History.
- Slavery.
- African American families--Maryland--Biography.
- African American families.
- History.
- Families.
- Maryland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 302 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Author Johnston, an attorney and journalist, follows an African-American family in Maryland through six generations and 275 years. Focus is on the patriarch of the family, Yarrow Mamout, an educated Muslim from Guinea who was taken into slavery more than 100 years before the Civil War. Following decades of slavery, Mamout was freed after the death of his master as a reward for faithful service, and later became a well-known figure in Georgetown. His great-great-grandson Robert Turner Ford graduated from Harvard in 1927. The book highlights the complexities of relationships between blacks and whites in colonial and slavery times. It includes b&w historical illustrations and maps, plus contemporary b&w photos of locations, and a family tree chart. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 Yarrow Mamout, a West African Muslim Slave 7
- 2 Tobacco and the Importation of a Labor Force 22
- 3 Welcome to America 41
- 4 Slavery and Revolution 52
- 5 Yarrow of Georgetown 61
- 6 The Portraits: Peale, Yarrow, and Simpson 81
- 7 Free Hannath, Yarrow's Sister 101
- 8 Nancy Hillman, Yarrow's Niece 112
- 9 Aquilla Yarrow 122
- 10 Mary "Polly" Turner Yarrow 132
- 11 Aquilla and Polly in Pleasant Valley 140
- 12 Traces of Yarrow 149
- 13 Unpleasant Valley 158
- 14 Freedom 177
- 15 From Harvard to Today 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 269-275).
- ISBN:
- 9780823239504
- 0823239500
- OCLC:
- 760975601
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