Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio /

Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio /

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Author / Creator:Taylor, Nikki Marie, 1972- author.
Imprint:Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:New approaches to midwestern studies
New approaches to Midwestern studies.
Subject:
Garner, Margaret, -- 1834-1858.
Garner, Margaret, -- 1834-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Garner, Margaret, -- 1834-1858
Fugitive slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Infanticide -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Case studies.
Infanticide.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Fugitive slaves.
United States.
Ohio -- Cincinnati.
Kentucky.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11409520
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ISBN:9780821445860
0821445863
9780821421598
082142159X
9780821421604
0821421603
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 27, 2017).
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.
Other form:0-8214-2159-X

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