Janice L Sumler-Edmond

Gebundenes Buch

The Secret Trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault

The Life and Trials of a Free Woman of Color in Antebellum Georgia

Beschreibung

In this fascinating biography set in nineteenth-century Savannah, Georgia, Janice L. Sumler-Edmond resurrects the life and times of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault, a free woman of color whose story was until now lost to historical memory. It s a story that informs our understanding of the antebellum South as we watch this widowed matriarch navigate the social, economic, and political complexities to create a legacy for her family."

Autor

Janice L. Sumler-Edmond is professor of history and chair of the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts and director of the W.E.B. Dubois Honors Program at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. She is coeditor of two previous books: Freedom's Odyssey: African American History Essays from Phylon and Black Women's History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power: ABWH's Twentieth Anniversary Anthology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781557288806
• ISBN-10: 1557288801
• Artikelnr.: 23810367