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Drawing on newly translated materials and previously overlooked primary sources, Randolph Paul Runyon explores the life and times of the Mentelles in this intriguing dual biography. He illustrates how the couple's origins and education gave them access to the higher strata of Bluegrass society even as their views on religion, politics, and culture kept them from feeling at home in America.
Schools, French --- Immigrants --- French Americans --- Ethnology --- French --- Franco-Americans --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- French schools --- History. --- Clay, Henry, --- Lincoln, Mary Todd, --- Mentelle, Charlotte Victoire, --- Mentelle, Augustus Waldemar, --- Mentelle, Waldemar, --- Mentelle, Augustus Waldermarde, --- Mentelle, --- Mentelle, Charlotte Victorie LeClere, --- Mentelle, Charlotte Leclere, --- LeClerc, Charlotte, --- LeClerc, Victoire Charlotte, --- Todd, Mary Ann, --- Clay, Henri --- Lexington (Ky.) --- Fayette County (Ky.) --- History
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In this captivating tale, Randolph Paul Runyon follows the trail of the first woman imprisoned for assisting runaway slaves and explores the mystery surrounding her life and work. In September 1844, Delia Webster took a break from her teaching responsibilities at Lexington Female Academy and accompanied Calvin Fairbank, a Methodist preacher from Oberlin College, on a Saturday drive in the country. At the end of their trip, their passengers--Lewis Hayden and his family--remained in southern Ohio, ticketed for the Underground Railroad. Webster and Fairbank returned to a near riot and jail cells
Antislavery movements --- Underground Railroad. --- Abolitionists --- Women abolitionists --- Underground Railroad --- Fugitive slaves --- Women social reformers --- Webster, Delia Ann. --- Kentucky --- History
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Thematology --- Comparative literature --- French literature --- Barthes, Roland --- Fowles, John --- Irving, John
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Symmetry in literature. --- Montaigne, Michel de, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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Esclavage --- Abolition --- Esclave fugitif --- Women abolitionists --- Antislavery movements --- Underground railroad --- Abolitionists --- Webster, Dekia Ann --- Webster, Delia Ann --- États-Unis --- Kentucky
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In this work, Randolph Paul Runyon tells the story of one man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century.
African Americans --- African American clergy --- Violence against --- History --- Green, Elisha, --- Bristow, Frank L. --- Gould, George T., --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- Maysville (Ky.) --- Race relations
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