Inherit the land : Jim Crow meets Miss Maggie's will / Gene Stowe ; Illustrated by Carl A. Sergio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stowe, Gene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Union County--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Inheritance and succession--Social aspects--North Carolina--Union County.

Inheritance and succession.

Racism--North Carolina--Union County--History--20th century.

Racism.

Union County (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Union County (N.C.).

Union County (N.C.)--Biography.

Ross, Maggie, -1920--Will.

Ross, Maggie.

Ross, Maggie, -1920--Family.

Ross family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Rosswho had grown up in the sisters' householdand his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I: Worlds Apart; 1. The Marvin People; 2. The White Man's World of Violence; 3. The White Man's World of Power; 4. The Court; PART II: The Rosses; 5. Susan; 6. Bob and Dennis; 7. Mittie Bell; 8. Sallie and Maggie; 9. The Neighbors; 10. The Tenants; 11. The Will; 12. The Cousins; PART III: The Trial; 13. Jury; 14. First Witness; 15. George Sutton; 16. Witnesses to the Will; 17. Preachers; 18. Frank Crane; 19. Harriet Taylor; 20. Cousin Margaret and the Cook; 21. Visitors; 22. Dr. Potts; 23. Boarders; 24. Alienists

25. Doctors, Neighbor, and Kin26. News; 27. Caveators Rest; 28. Propounders Reply; 29. R. A. Hudson; 30. Character Witnesses; 31. Propounders Rest; 32. Sikes and Parker; 33. A. M. Stack; 34. E. T. Cansler; 35. Charge and Verdict; 36. Reaction; 37. New Trial; PART IV: The Heritage; 38. The People; 39. The Land; 40. The Abundance of Peace; White Ross Genealogy; Black Ross Genealogy; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-43445-8

9786613434456

1-60473-077-3

1-4294-6064-4

OCLC:

191934910