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From slave ship to Harvard :

0823239500 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780823239504 (cloth : alk. paper)

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From slave ship to Harvard :

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Yarrow Mamout and the history of an African American family /

James H. Johnston

New York :

Fordham University Press,

2012

302 p., [24] p. of plates :

ill., maps ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 269-275)

Author Johnston, an attorney and journalist, follows an African-American family in Maryland through six generations and 275 years. Focus is on the patriarch of the family, Yarrow Mamout, an educated Muslim from Guinea who was taken into slavery more than 100 years before the Civil War. Following decades of slavery, Mamout was freed after the death of his master as a reward for faithful service, and later became a well-known figure in Georgetown. His great-great-grandson Robert Turner Ford graduated from Harvard in 1927. The book highlights the complexities of relationships between blacks and whites in colonial and slavery times. It includes b&w historical illustrations and maps, plus contemporary b&w photos of locations, and a family tree chart. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mamout, Yarrow,1736-1823

Mamout, Yarrow,1736-1823-- Family

African American families-- Maryland, Biography

African Americans-- Maryland, Biography

Free African Americans-- Maryland, Biography

Slavery-- Maryland-- History

Slaves-- Maryland, Biography

Johnston, James H.,1944-

20120523112656.0

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