UID:
edocfu_9959276036502883
Format:
1 online resource (344 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8032-7520-X
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0-8032-5419-9
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0-8032-5418-0
Content:
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 the final removal from the ancestral land she had so tenaciously maintained. Thus was William Penn's "peaceable kingdom" preserved. A Lenape among the Quakers reconstructs Hannah Freeman's history, traveling from the days of her grandmothers before European settleme
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Examination of Hannah Freeman; 2. All Our Grandmothers; 3. The Peaceable Kingdom; 4. Lenapehoking Lost; 5. Kindness Extended; 6. The Betrayal; Epilogue; Appendix 1. The Examination of Indian Hannah alias Hannah Freeman; Appendix 2. Kindness Extended; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-40604-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8032-4840-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
