Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio /
Taylor, Nikki Marie, 1972-
Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio / Nikki M. Taylor. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) : illustrations - New approaches to midwestern studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: bodies and souls -- "Hope fled" -- Before the blood -- After the blood -- "Faded faces" tell secrets; or do they? -- Driven by madness, badness, or sadness? -- A kind of hero.
The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera.
9780821445860
Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858.
Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--Ohio--Cincinnati.
Infanticide--Ohio--Cincinnati--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
E450 / .D758 2016
Driven toward madness : the fugitive slave Margaret Garner and tragedy on the Ohio / Nikki M. Taylor. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) : illustrations - New approaches to midwestern studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: bodies and souls -- "Hope fled" -- Before the blood -- After the blood -- "Faded faces" tell secrets; or do they? -- Driven by madness, badness, or sadness? -- A kind of hero.
The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery-has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera.
9780821445860
Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858.
Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--Ohio--Cincinnati.
Infanticide--Ohio--Cincinnati--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
E450 / .D758 2016