The sweet hell inside: a family history

Recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingly successful funeral parlor business. Their wealth afforded the Harlestons the comfort of chauffeurs,...

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1. Verfasser: Ball, Edward (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York William Morrow 2001
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingly successful funeral parlor business. Their wealth afforded the Harlestons the comfort of chauffeurs, tailored clothes, and servants whose skin was darker than theirs. It also launched the family into a generation of glory as painters, performers, and photographers in the "high yellow" society of America's colored upper class. The Harlestons' remarkable 100-year journey spans the waning days of Reconstruction, the precious art world of the early 1900s, the back alleys of the Jazz Age, and the dawn of the civil rights movement.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XV, 384 S. Ill. : 25 cm
ISBN:068816840X

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