Forsaking all others : a true story of interracial sex and revenge in the 1880s South /

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An intensely dramatic true story, Forsaking All Others recounts the fascinating case of an interracial couple who attempted, in defiance of. society & rsquo;s laws and conventions, to formalize their relationship in the post-Reconstruction South. It was an affair with tragic consequences, one th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robinson, Charles F. (Charles Frank)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Bankston, Isaac, > -1884.
Bradford, Missouri.
Bankston, Isaac, > -1884 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Bankston, Isaac, > -1884
Bradford, Missouri
1800-1899
Men, White > Southern States > Biography.
African American women > Southern States > Biography.
Miscegenation > Southern States > Case studies.
Passing (Identity) > Southern States > Case studies.
White people > Southern States > Biography.
Personnes blanches > États-Unis (Sud) > Biographies.
Noires américaines > États-Unis (Sud) > Biographies.
Métissage > États-Unis (Sud) > Études de cas.
Passing (Identité) > États-Unis (Sud) > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African American women
Men, White
Miscegenation
Passing (Identity)
Race relations
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Desha County (Ark.) > Biography.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Arkansas > Desha County
Southern States
Tennessee > Memphis
"Multi-User"
Biography
Biographies
Case studies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:An intensely dramatic true story, Forsaking All Others recounts the fascinating case of an interracial couple who attempted, in defiance of. society & rsquo;s laws and conventions, to formalize their relationship in the post-Reconstruction South. It was an affair with tragic consequences, one that entangled the protagonists in a miscegenation trial and, ultimately, a desperate act of revenge. From the mid-1870s to the early 1880s, Isaac Bankston was the proud sheriff of Desha County, Arkansas, a man so prominent and popular that he won five consecutive terms in office. Although he was married wi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781572337404
1572337400

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