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BL
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850866
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| Main Entry
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Armstead, Myra Beth Young,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Freedom's gardener : : James F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America /\ Myra B. Young Armstead.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, ©2012.
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x, 209 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0814705103
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: 0814707912
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: 0814707920
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: 1479825239
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: 9780814705100
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: 9780814707913
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: 9780814707920
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: 9781479825233
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal.
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Brown, James Francis,1793-1868.
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Brown, James Francis,1793-1868.
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African Americans-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Free blacks-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
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Fugitive slaves-- Maryland, Biography.
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Gardeners-- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
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African Americans-- Social conditions.
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Free blacks.
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Fugitive slaves.
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Gardeners.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Biography.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), History, 19th century.
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Maryland.
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United States, Hudson River Valley.
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| Dewey Classification
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635.092B
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| LC Classification
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F127.H8A76 2012
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