Cecelia and Fanny : the remarkable friendship between an escaped slave and her former mistress / Brad Asher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Asher, Brad, 1963-
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Larrison, Cecelia.
Ballard, Fanny Thruston.
Enslaved persons > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Slaveholders > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Canada > Biography.
African American women > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Women, White > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Friendship > Case studies.
Louisville (Ky.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Louisville (Ky.) > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Case studies.
Physical Description:xi, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Eight minutes from freedom
  • Fanny : learning to be a slave owner
  • Cecelia : learning about being a slave
  • Fanny : a woman's place
  • Cecelia : a family in freedom
  • Fanny : the Civil War in Louisville
  • Cecelia : a new life in Rochester
  • Fanny : postwar trials
  • Cecelia : back in Louisville
  • Conclusion : the bonds of slavery.