The Clamorgans : one family's history of race in America / Julie Winch.
2011
F474.S29 N4835 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Clamorgans : one family's history of race in America / Julie Winch.
Author
Winch, Julie, 1953-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780809095179 (alk. paper)
0809095173 (alk. paper)
0809095173 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.
Language
English
Description
416 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F474.S29 N4835 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.896/073077865
Summary
A history of how the Clamorgan family influenced race issues in America, describing how Jacques Clamorgan bequeathed large land holdings to his mixed-race, illegitimate heirs, triggering more than two centuries of litigation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: "The Clamorgans are fighters"
Sieur Jacques
"Ester, a free woman of color"
Natural children
"In them days everything was free and easy"
The aristocracy of color
A settling of scores
An independent man
Thickets of the law
The mathematics of race
"Well known in negro circles"
Defining whiteness
On the fringes
Epilogue: Clamorgan Alley.
Sieur Jacques
"Ester, a free woman of color"
Natural children
"In them days everything was free and easy"
The aristocracy of color
A settling of scores
An independent man
Thickets of the law
The mathematics of race
"Well known in negro circles"
Defining whiteness
On the fringes
Epilogue: Clamorgan Alley.