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Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio / Nikki M. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Nikki Marie, 1972- author.
- Series:
- New approaches to Midwestern studies.
- New approaches to Midwestern studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858.
- Garner, Margaret.
- Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--Ohio--Cincinnati.
- Infanticide--Ohio--Cincinnati--Case studies.
- Infanticide.
- United States.
- Ohio--Cincinnati.
- Kentucky.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations, portrait.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera.
- Contents:
- Introduction: bodies and souls
- "Hope fled"
- Before the blood
- After the blood
- "Faded faces" tell secrets; or do they?
- Driven by madness, badness, or sadness?
- A kind of hero.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780821445860
- 0821445863
- OCLC:
- 970393433
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