Freedom's Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479825233ISBN-10:1479825239UPC:9781479825233Book Category:Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Diaries & JournalsBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.02 x 6.06 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC9GEYM5NJ
Freedom's Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America
A fascinating study of freedom and slavery, told through the life of an escaped slave who built a life in the Hudson Valley
In 1793 James F. Brown was born a slave, and in 1868 he died a free man. At age 34 he ran away from his native Maryland to pass the remainder of his life as a gardener to a wealthy family in the Hudson Valley. Two years after his escape and manumission, he began a diary...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479825233ISBN-10:1479825239UPC:9781479825233Book Category:Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Diaries & JournalsBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.02 x 6.06 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC9GEYM5NJ
Armstead, Myra B. Young: - Myra B. Young Armstead is Professor of History at Bard College. Her books include "Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August" African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930 and Mighty Change, Tall Within: Black Identity in the Hudson Valley.
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