Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Bankston, Isaac, -1884.
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884. |
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Bradford, Missouri.
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Bradford, Missouri. |
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Bankston, Isaac, -1884 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Subject |
Men, White -- Southern States -- Biography.
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Men, White. |
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Southern States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
African American women -- Southern States -- Biography.
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African American women. |
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Race relations. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Miscegenation -- Southern States -- Case studies.
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Miscegenation. |
Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Passing (Identity) -- Southern States -- Case studies.
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Passing (Identity) |
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Desha County (Ark.) -- Biography.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography.
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Indexed Term |
"Multi-User" |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Charles F. (Charles Frank). Forsaking all others. 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010 9781572337244 (DLC) 2010019339 (OCoLC)624546917 |
ISBN |
9781572337404 (electronic book) |
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1572337400 (electronic book) |
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9781572337244 |
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1572337249 |
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