The Parker sisters : a border kidnapping
(Book)
Author
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781439913185, 1439913188
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.
Language
English
ISBN
9781439913185, 1439913188
UPC
40025856820
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
Description
"In 1851, Elizabeth Parker, a free black child in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was bound and gagged, snatched from a local farm, and hurried off to a Baltimore slave pen. Two weeks later, her teenage sister, Rachel, was abducted from another Chester County farm. Because slave catchers could take fugitive slaves and free blacks across state lines to be sold, the border country of Pennsylvania/Maryland had become a dangerous place for most black people. In The Parker Sisters, Lucy Maddox gives an eloquent, urgent account of the tragic kidnapping of these young women. Using archival news and courtroom reports, Maddox tells the larger story of the disastrous effect of the Fugitive Slave Act on the small farming communities of Chester County and the significant, widening consequences for the state and the nation. The Parker Sisters is also a story about families whose lives and fates were deeply embedded in both the daily rounds of their community and the madness and violence consuming all of antebellum America. Maddox's account of this horrific and startling crime reveals the strength and vulnerability of the Parker sisters and the African American population, "--Amazon.com.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American girls -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Biography.
Biographies.
Borderlands -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Biography.
Kidnapping -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- History -- 19th century.
Parker, Elizabeth, -- approximately 1841-
Parker, Rachel, -- 1834-1918.
Slave trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1850)
Biographies.
Borderlands -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- Biography.
Kidnapping -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- History -- 19th century.
Parker, Elizabeth, -- approximately 1841-
Parker, Rachel, -- 1834-1918.
Slave trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1850)
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Maddox, L. (2016). The Parker sisters: a border kidnapping . Temple University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maddox, Lucy. 2016. The Parker Sisters: A Border Kidnapping. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maddox, Lucy. The Parker Sisters: A Border Kidnapping Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Maddox, Lucy. The Parker Sisters: A Border Kidnapping Temple University Press, 2016.
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