The accidental slaveowner: revisiting a myth of race and finding an American family

Memory, Myth and Kinship. The myth of Kitty ; Distant kin: slavery and cultural intimacy in a Georgia community

Slavery as a Mythical System. "The tenderest solicitude for her welfare" : founding texts of the Andrew-Kitty narrative ; "As free as I am" : retelling the narrative ; "The other side of paradise" : mythos and memory in the cemetery ; "The most interesting building in Georgia" : the strange career of Kitty's cottage

Families Lost and Found. Enigmas of kinship : Miss Kitty and her family ; "Out of the shadows" : the Andrew family slaves ; Saying something now

Guide to persons mentioned in the text

Timeline

Kitty's possible origins

Kitty's children

The Greenwood slaves, postemancipation.