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This fascinating story of Amanda America Dickson, born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia, shows how strong-willed individuals defied racial strictures for the sake of family. Kent Anderson Leslie uses the events of Dickson's life to explore the forces driving southern race and gender relations from the days of King Cotton through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and New South eras.
Although legally a slave herself well into her adolescence, Dickson was much favored by her father and lived comfortably in his house, receiving a genteel upbringing and education. After her father died in 1885 Dickson inherited most of his half-million dollar estate, sparking off two years of legal battles with white relatives. When the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the will, Dickson became the largest landowner in Hancock County, Georgia, and the wealthiest black woman in the post-Civil War South.
Kent Anderson Leslie's portrayal of Dickson is enhanced by a wealth of details about plantation life; the elaborate codes of behavior for men and women, blacks and whites in the South; and the equally complicated circumstances under which racial transgressions were sometimes ignored, tolerated, or even accepted.
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Woman of Color Daughter of Privilege Amanda America Dickson 18491893 Amanda America Dickson 184993 edition by Kent Anderson Leslie Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews :
This fascinating story of Amanda America Dickson, born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia, shows how strong-willed individuals defied racial strictures for the sake of family. Kent Anderson Leslie uses the events of Dickson's life to explore the forces driving southern race and gender relations from the days of King Cotton through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and New South eras.
Although legally a slave herself well into her adolescence, Dickson was much favored by her father and lived comfortably in his house, receiving a genteel upbringing and education. After her father died in 1885 Dickson inherited most of his half-million dollar estate, sparking off two years of legal battles with white relatives. When the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the will, Dickson became the largest landowner in Hancock County, Georgia, and the wealthiest black woman in the post-Civil War South.
Kent Anderson Leslie's portrayal of Dickson is enhanced by a wealth of details about plantation life; the elaborate codes of behavior for men and women, blacks and whites in the South; and the equally complicated circumstances under which racial transgressions were sometimes ignored, tolerated, or even accepted.
ebook,Kent Anderson Leslie,Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893 Amanda America Dickson, 1849-93,University of Georgia Press,Cultural Heritage,1849-1893,19th century,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic Regional / General,BLACKS IN THE U.S.,Biography,Biography Autobiography,Biography Autobiography / Cultural Heritage,Biography Autobiography / Women,Biography/Autobiography,Biography general,Cultural Heritage,Dickson, Amanda America,Dickson, Amanda America,,Georgia,Hancock County,Hancock County (Ga.);Biography.,History,Local history,Multicultural studies,Non-Fiction,Plantation life,Plantation life;Georgia;Hancock County;History;19th century.,Racially mixed people,Racially mixed people;Georgia;Hancock County;Biography.,Scholarly/Undergraduate,Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,Social issues,UNIVERSITY PRESS,USA,United States,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General,Biography Autobiography / Cultural Heritage,Biography Autobiography / Women,Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic Regional / General,Blacks In The U.S.,1849-1893,19th century,Biography,Dickson, Amanda America,,Georgia,Hancock County,History,Plantation life,Racially mixed people,Biography Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Biography Historical, Political Military,Biography general,Local history,Multicultural studies,Social issues
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