Freedom's gardener

Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954-

Freedom's gardener James F. Brown, horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in antebellum America / [electronic resource] : Myra B. Young Armstead. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - x, 209 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Life as a slave -- pt. 2. Free man and free laborer -- pt. 3. Free man and citizen.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868.


African Americans--Social conditions--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--19th century.
Free blacks--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Biography.
Gardeners--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--Maryland--Biography.


Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--19th century.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F127.H8 / A76 2012eb

635.092 B