Taylor, Nikki Marie,  1972- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821445860 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858. <br/>Garner, Margaret, 1834-1858 --Trials, litigation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Biography.<br/>Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.<br/>Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--Ohio--Cincinnati.<br/>Infanticide--Ohio--Cincinnati--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E450  / .D758 2016