Inherit the land : Jim Crow meets Miss Maggie's will /
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Mag...
| Основен автор: | Stowe, Gene. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2006.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=185939 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Inherit the land. |
| Резюме: |
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Rosswho had grown up in the sisters' householdand his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-301) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429460644 1429460644 9781604730777 1604730773 |