Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie’s Will

Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie'€™s Will [Gene Stowe, Carl A. Sergio] on leondumoulin.nl *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In the early.
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As soon as the contents of the will became known, more than one hundred of Maggie Ross's scandalized cousins sued to break the will, claiming that its bequest to black people proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent.

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Revealing the details of this case and of the lives of the people involved in it, Gene Stowe presents a story that sheds light on and complicates our understanding of the Jim Crow South. Stowe's account of this famous court battle shows how specific individuals, both white and black, labored against the status quo of white superiority and ultimately won.

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Nov 01, Cliff Rhodes rated it it was amazing. Seeing it on Gypsy's list created the impetus for my curiosity. An amazing chronology that keeps your attention through all the family connections. Admitting I was at time lost in family connections from time to time, and recommend this for any and all Union County natives. Jun 26, Linda Raber rated it it was amazing.

Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will

A super work of nonfiction. I bought it because I'm a genealogy buff, and I ran into some of the main characters in this book when untangling the branches in my own family tree. A well-written and documented book.

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The hardships in Africa drove his mother to bring the family back to Union County. Prince Broom, a negro of the old-time stock, died at his home in Providence township last Tuesday night of pneumonia. He was about 70 years old.

Inherit the land : Jim Crow meets Miss Maggie's will

Prince was owned by Mr. Fuller had moved from Wadesboro to become a policeman in Monroe, on the five-man force with Chief J. Wright Spoon, Frank Irby, J. King, and Jesse A. Helms, who had just found out that his wife was pregnant.