Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement
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Geneva Public Library - Second Floor Nonfiction
306.3 MOR
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306.3 MOR
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Lima Public Library - Adult Biography
BIO WILLIAMS
1 available
BIO WILLIAMS
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Walworth-Seely Public Library - Adult Biography
BIO Williams
1 available
BIO Williams
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Geneva Public Library - Second Floor Nonfiction | 306.3 MOR | Available |
Lima Public Library - Adult Biography | BIO WILLIAMS | Available |
Walworth-Seely Public Library - Adult Biography | BIO Williams | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Child slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Colorism -- United States.
Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921. -- Family.
Child slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Colorism -- United States.
Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921. -- Family.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams--a slave girl who looked 'white'--whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family's freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. During a sold-out abolitionist lecture series, Senator Charles Sumner paraded Mary in front of rapt audiences as evidence that slavery knew no bounds. Weaving together long-overlooked primary sources and arresting images, including the daguerreotype that turned Mary into the poster child of a movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens investigates tangled generations of sexual enslavement and the fraught politics that led Mary to Sumner. She restores Mary's story to history and uncovers a dramatic narrative of travels along the Underground Railroad, relationships tested by oppression, and the struggles of life after emancipation. The result is an exposé of the thorny racial politics of the abolitionist movement and the pervasive colorism that dictated where white sympathy lay--one that sheds light on a shameful legacy that still affects us profoundly today"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Morgan-Owens, J. (2019). Girl in black and white: the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morgan-Owens, Jessie. 2019. Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morgan-Owens, Jessie. Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Morgan-Owens, Jessie. Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
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