Forsaking all others : a true story of interracial sex and revenge in the 1880s South

Forsaking all others : a true story of interracial sex and revenge in the 1880s South /

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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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Charles F. (Charles Frank)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bankston, Isaac, > -1884.
Bradford, Missouri.
Bankston, Isaac, > -1884 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Men, White > Southern States > Biography.
African American women > Southern States > Biography.
Miscegenation > Southern States > Case studies.
Passing (Identity) > Southern States > Case studies.
White people > Southern States > Biography.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Desha County (Ark.) > Biography.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography.
Biography
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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