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1 What Can a Man Do?

  • Myra B. Young Armstead
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Freedom’s Gardener
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. PART I . LIFE AS A SLAVE
  6. 1 What Can a Man Do? 9
  7. 2 Into the Promised Land 28
  8. PART II . FREE MAN AND FREE LABORER
  9. 3 A Horticultural Community 39
  10. 4 A Gardening Career 54
  11. 5 Cultural Meanings of Gardening 70
  12. 6 Escaping Wage Slavery 88
  13. PART III . FREE MAN AND CITIZEN
  14. 7 A Whiggish Sensibility 97
  15. 8 James F. Brown, Voting Rights Politics, and Antislavery Activism 112
  16. 9 The Informal Politics of Association 129
  17. Conclusion 152
  18. Notes 163
  19. Index 205
  20. About the Author 209
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814705100.003.0001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. PART I . LIFE AS A SLAVE
  6. 1 What Can a Man Do? 9
  7. 2 Into the Promised Land 28
  8. PART II . FREE MAN AND FREE LABORER
  9. 3 A Horticultural Community 39
  10. 4 A Gardening Career 54
  11. 5 Cultural Meanings of Gardening 70
  12. 6 Escaping Wage Slavery 88
  13. PART III . FREE MAN AND CITIZEN
  14. 7 A Whiggish Sensibility 97
  15. 8 James F. Brown, Voting Rights Politics, and Antislavery Activism 112
  16. 9 The Informal Politics of Association 129
  17. Conclusion 152
  18. Notes 163
  19. Index 205
  20. About the Author 209
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