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Author Auslander, Mark.

Title The accidental slaveowner [electronic resource] : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family / Mark Auslander.

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

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 383 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Kitty, 1822-1851.
Andrew, James O. (James Osgood), 1794-1871.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Women slaves -- Georgia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Slaveholders -- Georgia -- Biography.
Bishops -- Georgia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780820340425 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0820340421 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820340432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082034043X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820341927 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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