The Clamorgans
Subtitle: one family's history of race in America
By: Julie Winch
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780809095179
Subjects: Race relations; African Americans; African American families; Upper class families; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sieur Jacques; title: "Ester, a free woman of color"; title: Natural children; title: "In them days everything was free and easy"; title: The aristocracy of color; title: A settling of scores; title: An independent man; title: Thickets of the law; title: The mathematics of race; title: "Well known in negro circles"; title: Defining whiteness; title: On the fringes; title: Epilogue: Clamorgan Alley.