Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon
Subtitle: African American life at an American shrine, from slavery to Jim Crow
By: Scott E. Casper.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809084142
Subjects: Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) -- History -- 19th century; Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) -- Biography; Mount Vernon (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Mount Vernon (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate) -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate) -- Biography; African American families -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate) -- History -- 19th century; Plantation life -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Forever old, forever new; title: Oliver Smith's memories; title: Hannah Parker's kin; title: West Ford's triple life; title: Andrew Ford's America; title: The Johnsons' neighborhood; title: Nathan Johnson's enterprise; title: Sarah Johnson's papers; title: Edmund Parker's performances; title: Conclusion: Old Negroes, new memorials.