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Author:

Taylor, Nikki Marie, 1972- author.

Title:

Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio / Nikki M. Taylor.

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xvi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Garner, Margaret,--1834-1858.
Garner, Margaret,--1834-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
Garner, Margaret,--1834-1858.
Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cincinnati.--Cincinnati.
Infanticide--Cincinnati--Cincinnati--Case studies.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
Infanticide.
Trials.
Kentucky.
Ohio--Cincinnati.
United States.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Biography.
Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: bodies and souls -- "Hope fled" -- Before the blood -- After the blood -- "Faded faces" tell secrets; or do they? -- Driven by madness, badness, or sadness? -- A kind of hero.

Series:

New approaches to midwestern studies

ISBN:

0821421603
9780821421604
082142159X
9780821421598

OCLC:

(OCoLC)948339815

LCCN:

2016041893

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)