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1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 that entangled the protagonists in a miscegenation trial and, ultimately, a desperate act of revenge. From the mid-1870s to the early 1880s, Isaac Bankston was the proud sheriff of Desha County, Arkansas, a man so prominent and popular that he won five consecutive terms in office. Although he was married wi |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bankston, Isaac, -1884.
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Bradford, Missouri
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Bradford, Missouri
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884 fast |
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Bradford, Missouri fast |
| Subject |
Men, White -- Southern States -- Biography
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African American women -- Southern States -- Biography
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Miscegenation -- Southern States -- Case studies
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Passing (Identity) -- Southern States -- Case studies
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White people -- Southern States -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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African American women
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Men, White
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Miscegenation
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Passing (Identity)
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Race relations
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
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Desha County (Ark.) -- Biography
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
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Arkansas -- Desha County
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Southern States
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Tennessee -- Memphis
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Biographies
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Case studies
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781572337404 |
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1572337400 |
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