Girl in black and white : the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
306.362 Mor
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306.362 Mor
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index.
Description
Presents the story of slave Mary Mildred Williams, whose fair-skinned appearance rendered her the poster child of the American abolitionist movement and influenced the line where white sympathy was drawn and recognized.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Biographies.
Colorism -- United States.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921 -- Family.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921.
Biographies.
Colorism -- United States.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921 -- Family.
Williams, Mary Mildred, -- 1847-1921.