# From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout & the History of an African American Family

James H. Johnston discusses his book about Yarrow Mamout, an educated Muslim from Guinea who was brought to Maryland on a slave ship and gained his freedom 44 years later.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: History, Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690092/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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