- Format
- Inbunden (Hardback)
- Språk
- Engelska
- Antal sidor
- 219
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2012-02-01
- Förlag
- New York University Press
- Illustratör/Fotograf
- 8 figures, 1 table, 3 maps
- Illustrationer
- 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps
- Dimensioner
- 233 x 161 x 14 mm
- Vikt
- Antal komponenter
- 1
- Komponenter
- 7:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Cloth on Creme
- ISBN
- 9780814705100
- 440 g
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With this meticulously sourced and carefully reasoned portrait, Armstead reclaims an outstanding American who helped freedom grow. * Booklist * Armstead explores the meaning of northern African American identity through her deft decoding of a ten-volume diary left by James F. Brown...Recommended for historians of antebellum America or the social aspects of horticulture and for those interested in historical diaries. Incipient researchers will learn the differences among term, life, and wage slaves and much else * Library Journal * Overall, this is an informative study of antebellum New York State. -- R. Douglas Hurt * New York History * An enlightening examination of a period of American history that seems to have slipped from public scrutiny...Armstead's review of the status of American horticulture during the first half of the nineteenth century makes this volume intriguing reading for gardeners. -- Marilyn K. Alaimo * Chicago Botanic Garden * Myra Young Armstead brings to life James Brown, a self-possessed African American citizen of the pre-Civil War United States, and gives us anew understanding of the meaning of freedom in antebellum America. As a master gardener in rural upstate New York, James Brown charted a life of complex alliances across racial lines and advocacy on behalf of fellow African Americans. Armstead's wonderful work of recovery illuminates a path to freedom in the rural North that we have known little about. * Leslie M. Harris, Emory University * This is far more than a book about a gardener though it is a fascinating story about nineteenth-century American horticulture. Freedom's Gardener tells us about the opportunities and limits that framed the lives of African Americans in places like New York's Hudson Valley. And a good read to boot. * James Grossman, University of Chicago * Freedom's Gardener is an excellent example of how historians can transform one person's life into a story that illustrates the larger picture for both scholars and a broader audience. * Journal of American History * Freedom's Gardener is beautifully researched, bursting with detail. * The New York Times *
Övrig information
Myra B. Young Armstead is Professor of History at Bard College. Her books include "Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August": African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930 and Mighty Change, Tall Within: Black Identity in the Hudson Valley.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. LIFE AS A SLAVE 1.What Can a Man Do? 2.Into the Promised Land Part II. FREE MAN AND FREE LABORER 3.A Horticultural Community 4. A Gardening Career 5. Cultural Meanings of Gardening 6. Escaping Wage Slavery Part III. FREE MAN AND CITIZEN 7. A Whiggish Sensibility 8. James F. Brown, Voting Rights Politics, and Antislavery Activism 9. The Informal Politics of Association Conclusion Notes About the Author