Inherit the Land : Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggieâ??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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stowe, Gene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ross, Maggie, > -1920.
Ross family.
Ross (Famille)
Ross, Maggie, > -1920 > Family.
Ross, Maggie, > -1920 > Will.
Wills.
Racism.
Race relations.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects.
Families.
African Americans > Segregation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Racisme > Caroline du Nord > Union (Comte) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Successions et heritages > Aspect social > Caroline du Nord > Union (Comte)
Noirs americains > Segregation > Caroline du Nord > Union (Comte) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Racism > North Carolina > Union County > History > 20th century.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects > North Carolina > Union County.
African Americans > Segregation > North Carolina > Union County > History > 20th century.
North Carolina > Union County.
Union County (N.C.) > Biography.
Union County (N.C.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I: Worlds Apart; 1. The Marvin People; 2. The White Man's World of Violence; 3. The White Man's World of Power; 4. The Court; PART II: The Rosses; 5. Susan; 6. Bob and Dennis; 7. Mittie Bell; 8. Sallie and Maggie; 9. The Neighbors; 10. The Tenants; 11. The Will; 12. The Cousins; PART III: The Trial; 13. Jury; 14. First Witness; 15. George Sutton; 16. Witnesses to the Will; 17. Preachers; 18. Frank Crane; 19. Harriet Taylor; 20. Cousin Margaret and the Cook; 21. Visitors; 22. Dr. Potts; 23. Boarders; 24. Alienists
  • 25. Doctors, Neighbor, and Kin26. News; 27. Caveators Rest; 28. Propounders Reply; 29. R. A. Hudson; 30. Character Witnesses; 31. Propounders Rest; 32. Sikes and Parker; 33. A. M. Stack; 34. E. T. Cansler; 35. Charge and Verdict; 36. Reaction; 37. New Trial; PART IV: The Heritage; 38. The People; 39. The Land; 40. The Abundance of Peace; White Ross Genealogy; Black Ross Genealogy; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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