Download or read book Cecelia and Fanny written by Brad Asher and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Asher (Beyond the Reservation: Indians, Settlers, and the Law in Washington Territory, 1853 1889) tells a remarkable story here that focuses on the experiences of two women, Fanny Thurston Ballard, a privileged daughter of a Louisville, KY, merchant, and her childhood personal slave, Cecelia. When the opportunity for freedom came on a visit to Niagara Falls with her mistress, Cecelia escaped to Canada. --Publisher.