Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will - Paperback
by Gene Stowe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gene Stowe, Carl a. Sergio (Illustrator)Publish date:2007-08-30Pages:322
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781934110607ISBN-10:1934110604UPC:9781934110607Book Category:Social Science, History, LawBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, United States, Legal HistoryBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.23 x 0.84 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SCBC4GE8ZP
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 Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Ross--who had grown up in the sisters'...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781934110607ISBN-10:1934110604UPC:9781934110607Book Category:Social Science, History, LawBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, United States, Legal HistoryBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.23 x 0.84 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SCBC4GE8ZP
Gene Stowe grew up in Monroe, North Carolina, and was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer for twelve years. He is head of the writing program of Trinity School at Greenlawn in South Bend, Indiana. Learn more about the author at http: //genestowe.blogspot.com/. Carl A. Sergio earned degrees in art design and psychology at the University of Notre Dame
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