| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
New approaches to midwestern studies
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New approaches to Midwestern studies.
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858.
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Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858. |
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Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Fugitive slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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Kentucky. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cincinnati.
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Ohio -- Cincinnati. |
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Infanticide -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Case studies.
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Infanticide. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9780821445860 (electronic book) |
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0821445863 (electronic book) |
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9780821421598 |
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082142159X |
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9780821421604 |
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0821421603 |
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