Bibliograph

Modern Medea, a family story of slavery and child-murder from the Old South, Steven Weisenburger

Type

Label

Modern Medea, a family story of slavery and child-murder from the Old South, Steven Weisenburger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-340) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Modern Medea

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38842093

Responsibility statement

Steven Weisenburger

Sub title

a family story of slavery and child-murder from the Old South

Summary

A documentary account of the fugitive slave Margaret Garner who, when her family's sanctuary was surrounded by slave hunters in 1856, murdered one daughter and planned to kill her other children rather than see them returned to slavery. The case inspired "the longest, most spectacular fugitive-slave trial in history" and a number of literary interpretations, including Toni Morrison's Beloved

Table Of Contents

Fugitive -- Captive -- Defendant -- Slave -- Legend

Creator