Forsaking All Others: A True Story of Interracial Sex and Revenge in the 1880s South First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Robinson, Charles F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1572337249 ISBN-13: 9781572337244 Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 306.846 |
LCCN: 2010019339 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.5" (0.66 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Locality - Memphis, Tennessee - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An intensely dramatic true story, Forsaking All Others recounts the fascinating case of an interracial couple who attempted, in defiance of 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 with two children, around 1881 he entered into a relationship with Missouri Bradford, an African American woman who bore his child. Some two years later, Missouri and Isaac absconded |