Driven toward Madness - The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio

Margaret Garner was a runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery. Driven toward Madness probes slavery's legacy of violence and trauma to capture her circumstances and her transformation from a murdering mother to an icon of tragedy and resistance.

About the author

Nikki M. Taylor is a professor of African American history at Howard University. Her other books include Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community, 1802-1868 and America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark.

Summary

Margaret Garner was a runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery. Driven toward Madness probes slavery’s legacy of violence and trauma to capture her circumstances and her transformation from a murdering mother to an icon of tragedy and resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Nikki M Taylor, Nikki M. Taylor, Nikki Marie Taylor
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago on Behalf of Ohio Univ Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780821421604
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2160-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 224 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 262 g
• Series: New Approaches to Midwestern H; New Approaches to Midwestern History; New Approaches to Midwestern Studies; New Approaches to Midwestern Studies; New Approaches to Midwestern H
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous