The Accidental Slaveowner: Revisiting a Myth of Race and Finding an American Family

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Te Accidenwal Slaveowner Te Accidenwal Slaveowner Revisiting a Myth of Race and Finding an American Family mark auslander the university of georgia press athens and london © 2011 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Designed by April Leidig-Higgins Set in New Baskerville by Copperline Book Services, Inc. Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Auslander, Mark. The accidental slaveowner : revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family / Mark Auslander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0 -8203-4042-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0 -8203-4042-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0 -8203-4043-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0 -8203-4043-x (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Slavery — Georgia — History — 19th century. 2. Women slaves — Georgia — Social conditions — 19th century. 3. Kitty, 1822–1851 — Biography. 4. Slaveholders — Georgia — Biography. 5. Andrew, James O. (James Osgood), 1794–1871 — Biography. 6. Bishops — Georgia — Biography. 7. Methodist Episcopal Church, South — History — 19th century. I. Title. E445.G3A97 2011 975.8'041 — dc22 2011012913 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4192-7 Dedicated to Lee Bradley Caldwell (1925–2010) Ellen Schattschneider John Pliny (“J. P.”) Godfrey Jr. and the memory of all enslaved persons owned by James Osgood Andrew This page intentionally left blank ...