The Resource Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens
Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens
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- Summary
- "The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams--a slave girl who looked 'white'--whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family's freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. During a sold-out abolitionist lecture series, Senator Charles Sumner paraded Mary in front of rapt audiences as evidence that slavery knew no bounds. Weaving together long-overlooked primary sources and arresting images, including the daguerreotype that turned Mary into the poster child of a movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens investigates tangled generations of sexual enslavement and the fraught politics that led Mary to Sumner. She restores Mary's story to history and uncovers a dramatic narrative of travels along the Underground Railroad, relationships tested by oppression, and the struggles of life after emancipation. The result is an exposé of the thorny racial politics of the abolitionist movement and the pervasive colorism that dictated where white sympathy lay--one that sheds light on a shameful legacy that still affects us profoundly today"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Boston, May 29, 1855
- Constance Cornwell, Prince William County, Virginia, 1805
- Prudence Nelson Bell, Nelson's Plantation and Mill, 1826
- Jesse and Albert Bell Nelson, Washington, 1847
- Henry Williams, Boston, 1850
- John Albion Andrew, Boston, 1852
- Elizabeth Williams, Prince William County, 1852
- Evelina Bell, Washington, February 1855
- Mary Hayden Green Pike, Calais, Maine, November 1854
- Julian Vannerson, Washington, February 1855
- Richard Hildreth, Boston, March 1855
- Charles Sumner, Washington, February 1855
- "A white slave from Virginia," New York, March 1855
- The Williams family, Boston, March 7, 1855
- "Features, skin, and hair," Boston, March 1855
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 27, 1855
- "The antislavery enterprise," Boston, March 29, 1855
- Private life, Boston, October 1855
- "The crime against Kansas," Washington, May 1856
- Frederick Douglass, Boston, 1860
- Prudence Bell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1864
- Epilogue: Hyde Park, Massachusetts, 2017
- Isbn
- 9780393609240
- Label
- Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement
- Title
- Girl in black and white
- Title remainder
- the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement
- Statement of responsibility
- Jessie Morgan-Owens
- Subject
-
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biography
- Child slaves
- Child slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Colorism
- Colorism -- United States
- Families
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Photographs -- Political aspects
- Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Racism
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slaves
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Williams, Mary Mildred, 1847-1921
- Williams, Mary Mildred, 1847-1921 -- Family
- Race relations
- Antislavery movements
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams--a slave girl who looked 'white'--whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. When a decades-long court battle resulted in her family's freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. During a sold-out abolitionist lecture series, Senator Charles Sumner paraded Mary in front of rapt audiences as evidence that slavery knew no bounds. Weaving together long-overlooked primary sources and arresting images, including the daguerreotype that turned Mary into the poster child of a movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens investigates tangled generations of sexual enslavement and the fraught politics that led Mary to Sumner. She restores Mary's story to history and uncovers a dramatic narrative of travels along the Underground Railroad, relationships tested by oppression, and the struggles of life after emancipation. The result is an exposé of the thorny racial politics of the abolitionist movement and the pervasive colorism that dictated where white sympathy lay--one that sheds light on a shameful legacy that still affects us profoundly today"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morgan-Owens, Jessie
- Dewey number
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- 306.3/62092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E444.W746
- LC item number
- M67 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Williams, Mary Mildred
- Williams, Mary Mildred
- Child slaves
- Slaves
- Photographs
- Colorism
- Antislavery movements
- Racism
- United States
- Antislavery movements
- Child slaves
- Colorism
- Families
- Photographs
- Race relations
- Racism
- Slaves
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Label
- Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Boston, May 29, 1855 -- Constance Cornwell, Prince William County, Virginia, 1805 -- Prudence Nelson Bell, Nelson's Plantation and Mill, 1826 -- Jesse and Albert Bell Nelson, Washington, 1847 -- Henry Williams, Boston, 1850 -- John Albion Andrew, Boston, 1852 -- Elizabeth Williams, Prince William County, 1852 -- Evelina Bell, Washington, February 1855 -- Mary Hayden Green Pike, Calais, Maine, November 1854 -- Julian Vannerson, Washington, February 1855 -- Richard Hildreth, Boston, March 1855 -- Charles Sumner, Washington, February 1855 -- "A white slave from Virginia," New York, March 1855 -- The Williams family, Boston, March 7, 1855 -- "Features, skin, and hair," Boston, March 1855 -- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 27, 1855 -- "The antislavery enterprise," Boston, March 29, 1855 -- Private life, Boston, October 1855 -- "The crime against Kansas," Washington, May 1856 -- Frederick Douglass, Boston, 1860 -- Prudence Bell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1864 -- Epilogue: Hyde Park, Massachusetts, 2017
- Control code
- on1037810221
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393609240
- Lccn
- 2018053655
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1037810221
- Label
- Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement, Jessie Morgan-Owens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Boston, May 29, 1855 -- Constance Cornwell, Prince William County, Virginia, 1805 -- Prudence Nelson Bell, Nelson's Plantation and Mill, 1826 -- Jesse and Albert Bell Nelson, Washington, 1847 -- Henry Williams, Boston, 1850 -- John Albion Andrew, Boston, 1852 -- Elizabeth Williams, Prince William County, 1852 -- Evelina Bell, Washington, February 1855 -- Mary Hayden Green Pike, Calais, Maine, November 1854 -- Julian Vannerson, Washington, February 1855 -- Richard Hildreth, Boston, March 1855 -- Charles Sumner, Washington, February 1855 -- "A white slave from Virginia," New York, March 1855 -- The Williams family, Boston, March 7, 1855 -- "Features, skin, and hair," Boston, March 1855 -- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 27, 1855 -- "The antislavery enterprise," Boston, March 29, 1855 -- Private life, Boston, October 1855 -- "The crime against Kansas," Washington, May 1856 -- Frederick Douglass, Boston, 1860 -- Prudence Bell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1864 -- Epilogue: Hyde Park, Massachusetts, 2017
- Control code
- on1037810221
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393609240
- Lccn
- 2018053655
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1037810221
Subject
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biography
- Child slaves
- Child slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Colorism
- Colorism -- United States
- Families
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Photographs -- Political aspects
- Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Racism
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slaves
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Williams, Mary Mildred, 1847-1921
- Williams, Mary Mildred, 1847-1921 -- Family
- Race relations
- Antislavery movements
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