Life as a slave. What can a man do? ; Into the promised land -- Free man and free laborer. A horticultural community ; A gardening career ; Cultural meanings of gardening ; Escaping wage slavery -- Free man and citizen. A Whiggish sensibility ; James F. Brown, voting rights politics, and antislavery activism ; The informal politics of association.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Brown, James Francis,1793-1868.
Brown, James Francis,1793-1868.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
Free blacks-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
Fugitive slaves-- Maryland, Biography.
Gardeners-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
African Americans-- Social conditions.
Free blacks.
Fugitive slaves.
Gardeners.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), History, 19th century.