Who speaks for Margaret Garner? [electronic resource] / Mark Reinhardt.

By: Reinhardt, MarkContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010Description: xii, 317 pISBN: 9780816675272 (electronic bk.)Other title: Who speaks for Margaret Garner? : the true story that inspired Toni Morrison's BelovedSubject(s): Garner, Margaret -- Trials, litigation, etc | Garner, Margaret -- Public opinion | Trials (Infanticide) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati | Infanticide -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cincinnati | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.3/62092 | B LOC classification: E450.G225 | R44 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : an extraordinary case? -- Documents -- Escape and capture -- In the Commissioner's Court -- Return -- Requisition? -- Whose sovereignty? : courts in conflict -- The Ohio legislature responds : debate on the floor -- The battle in the press : editorials on the murder -- The battle in the press : editorials on the trial, return, and requisition -- Silence in the deep South : the case of Charleston, South Carolina -- Speeches, sermons, and "interviews" -- Final developments -- Literary sources, literary echoes -- Appendix: Text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Chronology of key events, 1856-71.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : an extraordinary case? -- Documents -- Escape and capture -- In the Commissioner's Court -- Return -- Requisition? -- Whose sovereignty? : courts in conflict -- The Ohio legislature responds : debate on the floor -- The battle in the press : editorials on the murder -- The battle in the press : editorials on the trial, return, and requisition -- Silence in the deep South : the case of Charleston, South Carolina -- Speeches, sermons, and "interviews" -- Final developments -- Literary sources, literary echoes -- Appendix: Text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Chronology of key events, 1856-71.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.