Description: Title: A Lenape Among the Quakers: The Life of Hannah Freeman Author: Marsh, Dawn G. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 230 Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d Product Weight: 0.75 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780803275201 "Marsh makes commendable use of the scant documentary evidence to piece together Hannah Freeman's life. Her painstaking efforts to give Hannah a voice are impressive." ―Thomas Britten, The HistorianOn 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. A Lenape among the Quakers reconstructs Freeman's history, from the days of her grandmothers before European settlement to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The story that emerges is one of persistence and resilience, as "Indian Hannah" negotiates life with the Quaker neighbors who employ her, entrust their children to her, seek out her healing skills, and, when she is weakened by sickness and age, care for her. Yet these are the same neighbors whose families then dispossess her own.Fascinating in its own right, Freeman's life is also remarkable as a unique account of a Native American woman in a colonial community during a time of dramatic transformation and upheaval. In particular, it expands our understanding of colonial history and the Native experience that history often renders silent. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: University of Nebraska Press
Number of Pages: 230 Pages
Publication Name: Lenape Among the Quakers : the Life of Hannah Freeman
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Christianity / Quaker, General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Item Weight: 12.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Dawn G. Marsh
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
