The accidental slaveowner : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family / Mark Auslander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Auslander, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Georgia--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Enslaved women--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century.

Enslaved women.

Slaveholders--Georgia--Biography.

Slaveholders.

Bishops--Georgia--Biography.

Bishops.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South--History--19th century.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Kitty, 1822-1851.

Kitty.

Andrew, James O. (James Osgood), 1794-1871.

Andrew, James O.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613252975

9781283252973

128325297X

9780820341927

0820341924

OCLC:

756280794