The secret trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault : the life and trials of a free woman of color in antebellum Georgia / Janice L. Sumler-Edmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sumler-Edmond, Janice.

Series:

Black women writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mirault, Aspasia Cruvellier, d. 1857.

Mirault, Aspasia Cruvellier.

Mirault, Aspasia Cruvellier, d. 1857--Family.

African American women--Georgia--Savannah--Biography.

African American women.

Free African Americans--Georgia--Savannah--Biography.

Free African Americans.

African Americans--Georgia--Savannah--Biography.

African Americans.

Widows--Georgia--Savannah--Biography.

Widows.

Trusts and trustees--Georgia--Savannah--Biography.

Trusts and trustees.

Savannah (Ga.)--Biography.

Savannah (Ga.).

Savannah (Ga.)--History--19th century.

Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2008.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Cruvelliers in Savannah

A secret trust agreement

Hurricanes, presidents, and the death of a matriarch

Black Confederates

Post-Civil War Savannah

Betrayal and litigation

A trail indeed

Reversal of fortune.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-160) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-368-2

OCLC:

742045932