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Numero oggetto eBay:364389063525
Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- ISBN
- 9780823239511
- Book Title
- From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Référence, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Genealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / General, Historical, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Weight
- 16.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 310 Pages
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
0823239519
ISBN-13
9780823239511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204192740
Product Key Features
Book Title
From Slave Ship to Harvard : Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family
Number of Pages
310 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Genealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / General, Historical, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Référence, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Historians typically write about this chapter of American history from a sweeping, birds-eye view perspective primarily because so few records exist about the lives of individual slaves. It's for this reason that James Johnston's 'From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family' is such a valuable addition to the subject's literature. -----Michael G. Williams, Erickson Tribune, A history of an African-American family, from Yarrow Mamout's enslaved arrival in North America in 1752, proceeding through Robert Turner Ford's debut at (residentially segregated) Harvard College in 1923, and beyond. The family was remarkable from the outset: Mamout, freed, was painted by Charles Willson Peale., . . . James H. Johnston recounts the story of Yarrow Mamout's life and traces some of Yarrow's descendants into the twentieth century., ". . . a masterfully researched detective story with a wealth of detail about the rise of an African-American family."-John R. Wennersten, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore ". . . Portray[s] an illuminating, thought-provoking, relatively unusual moment in early American history."-Publishers Weekly "James H. Johnston has given us a clear and vivid look at a long-neglected aspect of American history. This book is in turn disturbing and elevating, horrifying and inspiring. It is impossible to ignore."-Harold Holzer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art "An absorbing study and story of a slave in America. Once begun, this book is very hard to put down. It weaves a prodigious amount of research into a compelling narrative, of not just one man's journey, but also of the struggle of every man and woman to achieve identity and success against often overwhelming odds. This is a book that no book club and no course on slavery in America should be without."-Edward Papenfuse, Director of the Maryland State Archives "Part historical narrative, part genealogical detective work, this book will appeal to a range of academic and general readers, especially those interested in race relations in early America."-Library Journal "Johnston has given Americans a rare treasure, a true story of an African American family, and its triumph over slavery. The great American painter Charles Willson Peale, best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, would have very much approved--Johnston's done with a whole lot of research, patience, and writing, what Peale did with his brush almost 200 years ago."-Sidney Hart, Senior Historian, National Portrait Gallery, Historians typically write about this chapter of American history from a sweeping, birds-eye view perspective primarily because so few records exist about the lives of individual slaves. It's for this reason that James Johnston's 'From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family' is such a valuable addition to the subject's literature., "Johnston has given Americans a rare treasure, a true story of an African American family, and its triumph over slavery. The great American painter Charles Willson Peale, best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, would have very much approved--Johnston's done with a whole lot of research, patience, and writing, what Peale did with his brush almost 200 years ago." -----Sidney Hart, Senior Historian, National Portrait Gallery, . . . Portray[s] an illuminating, thought-provoking, relatively unusual moment in early American history., Part historical narrative, part genealogical detective work, this book will appeal to a range of academic and general readers, especially those interested in race relations in early America., ". . . Portray[s] an illuminating, thought-provoking, relatively unusual moment in early American history." --Publishers Weekly, Johnston has admirably sought to connect the dots of the family's history while also providing parallels to the larger story of slavery and emancipation in colonial America., Carefully researched and engagingly written, this fascinating book tells the story of an education Muslim who was brought as a slave to America in 1752 then earned his freedom 44 years later. The book also traces the history of his family to the time when a descendant graduates from Harvard University in 1927. The narrative absorbingly weaves together one family's amazing tale with the history of American and slavery and race relations.
Dewey Decimal
306.3/62092 B
Synopsis
From Slave Ship to Harvard is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations. The author has reconstructed a unique narrative of black struggle and achievement from paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories. From Slave Ship to Harvard traces the family from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and finally today. Yarrow Mamout, the first of the family in America, was an educated Muslim from Guinea. He was brought to Maryland on the slave ship Elijah and gained his freedom forty-four years later. By then, Yarrow had become so well known in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., that he attracted the attention of the eminent American portrait painter Charles Willson Peale, who captured Yarrow's visage in the painting that appears on the cover of this book. The author here reveals that Yarrow's immediate relatives--his sister, niece, wife, and son--were notable in their own right. His son married into the neighboring Turner family, and the farm community in western Maryland called Yarrowsburg was named for Yarrow Mamout's daughter-in-law, Mary "Polly" Turner Yarrow. The Turner line ultimately produced Robert Turner Ford, who graduated from Harvard University in 1927. Just as Peale painted the portrait of Yarrow, James H. Johnston's new book puts a face on slavery and paints the history of race in Maryland. It is a different picture from what most of us imagine. Relationships between blacks and whites were far more complex, and the races more dependent on each other. Fortunately, as this one family's experience shows, individuals of both races repeatedly stepped forward to lessen divisions and to move America toward the diverse society of today., A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day.
LC Classification Number
E185.93.M2
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