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The Accidental Slaveowner
What does one contested account of an enslaved woman tell us about our difficult racial past? Part history, part anthropology, and part detective story, The Accidental Slaveowner traces, from the 1850s to the present day, how different groups of people have struggled with one powerful story about slavery. For over a century and a half, residents of Oxford, Georgia (“the birthplace of Emory University”), have told and retold stories of the enslaved woman known as “Kitty” and her owner, Methodist bishop James Osgood Andrew, first president of Emory’s board of trustees. Bishop Andrew’s ownership of Miss Kitty and other enslaved persons triggered the 1844 great national schism of the...
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Family Record and Biography
Ancestors of the McCormick family were of Scotch-Irish lineage, strict Presbyterians in religious belief. James McCormick of Londonderry, Ireland was the progenitor of those who emigrated to America. Some came by way of Philadelphia, others landed at Charleston, South Carolina. McCormicks were residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania prior to 1750. The author has dedicated this McCormick family genealogy to his father, Robert McCormick, inventor of the reaper.
