Mildred Johnson, Theresa Delsoin

Gebundenes Buch

Malindy's Freedom

The Story of a Slave Family Volume 1

Herausgeber: Symington, Stuart; Symington, Anne W

Beschreibung

This is an account of the years 1820 to 1865 in the life of Malindy, a freeborn Cherokee who was unlawfully enslaved as a child by a Franklin County, Missouri, farmer. Married to a freedman, Malindy gave birth to five children in slavery - creating a family she would fight her whole life to keep together.

Autor

Mildred Johnson is a resident of St. Louis County, now retired. After working for St. Louis County Hospital for several years as a nurse's attendant, she established the first hot lunch program in the Kirkwood school system, at Booker T. Washington School. Johnson is also the author of a volume of poetry, Miracle at Twilight. Theresa Delsoin is a native of Kirkwood, Missouri, and the sister of Mildred Johnson. Delsoin holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Chicago State University. Now retired from a career in social services, hospital administration, and mental health, she resides in North Miami Beach, Florida, and serves as a Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa. Stuart Symington, Jr., is counsel to the Clayton, Missouri, law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C., where he was a partner from 1988 to 2000. Symington was a founder, and is a past chairman, of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor's Council and is a trustee of the Bernoudy Foundation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Missouri Historical Society Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 209mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9781883982539
• ISBN-10: 1883982537
• Artikelnr.: 22240366