A Lenape Among the Quakers: The Life of Hannah Freeman Contributor(s): Marsh, Dawn G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080327520X ISBN-13: 9780803275201 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 230 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania's Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency--a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. Ultimately, however, it meant final removal from the ancestral land she had so tenaciously maintained. Thus was William Penn's "peaceable kingdom" preserved. Dawn G. Marsh is an associate professor of history at Purdue University. |