The secret trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault
Subtitle: a free woman of color in antebellum Georgia
By: Janice L. Sumler-Edmond.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781557288806
Subjects: Mirault, Aspasia Cruvellier, -- d. 1857; Mirault, Aspasia Cruvellier, -- d. 1857 -- Family; African American women -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Biography; Free African Americans -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Biography; African Americans -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Biography; Widows -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Biography; Trusts and trustees -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Biography; Savannah (Ga.) -- Biography; Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century; Savannah (Ga.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Savannah (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this 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. It's a story that informs our understanding of the antebellum South as we watch this widowed matriarch navigate the social, economic, and political complexities to create a legacy for her family." "In the spring of 1842, Aspasia entered into a secret trust with a white man whose help she needed to become a landowner. Sumler-Edmond's research of Aspasia's family and this trust arrangement, the outcome of which was determined by a dramatic three-party trial that went to the Georgia Supreme Court in 1878, provides new perspectives on the African American experience and on American history while telling the memorable story of a remarkable woman."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Cruvelliers in Savannah; title: A secret trust agreement; title: Hurricanes, presidents, and the death of a matriarch; title: Black Confederates; title: Post-Civil War Savannah; title: Betrayal and litigation; title: A trail indeed; title: Reversal of fortune.