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Freedom's gardener : James F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America

2012

Formato:	Book
Autor:	Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954- author.
Título:	Freedom's gardener : James F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America / Myra B. Young Armstead.
Editorial, Fecha:	New York : New York University Press, [2012] ©2012
Descripción:	x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Resumen:	Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal.
Temas:	Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868. African Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Free Black people -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography. Gardeners -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography. Fugitive slaves -- Maryland -- Biography. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th century. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
Otro autor:	NYU Press, publisher.
Notas:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contenido:	Life as a slave. What can a man do? ; Into the promised land -- Free man and free laborer. A horticultural community ; A gardening career ; Cultural meanings of gardening ; Escaping wage slavery -- Free man and citizen. A Whiggish sensibility ; James F. Brown, voting rights politics, and antislavery activism ; The informal politics of association.
LCCN:	2011028251
ISBN:	9780814705100 0814705103 9781479825233 1479825239
Otro número:	724667171
Disponibilidad en sistema:	1
Reservas vigentes:	0
N.º de artículos locales:	1
Número de control:	320148
N.º de artículos locales en:	1
N.º de artículos del sistema en:	1
Número de clasificación:	635.092 Armstead

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