Forsaking all others: a true story of interracial sex and revenge in the 1880s South
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1. Verfasser: Robinson, Charles F., (Charles Frank) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Knoxville University of Tennessee Press ©2010
Ausgabe:1st ed
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Mississippi on his mind : Isaac Bankston's formative years -- The confluence across the river -- In search of their place -- From Memphis to marriage and misery -- Color line justice -- A quest for honor
An intensely dramatic true story, Forsaking All Others recounts the fascinating case of an interracial couple who attempted, in defiance of. society & rsquo;s laws and conventions, to formalize their relationship in the post-Reconstruction South. It was an affair with tragic consequences, one that entangled the protagonists in a miscegenation trial and, ultimately, a desperate act of revenge. From the mid-1870s to the early 1880s, Isaac Bankston was the proud sheriff of Desha County, Arkansas, a man so prominent and popular that he won five consecutive terms in office. Although he was married wi
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