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The sweet hell inside : a family history /

Recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingly successful funeral parlor business. Their wealth afforded the Harlestons the comfort of chauffeurs,...

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Main Author: Ball, Edward, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow, ©2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Harleston family.
Harleston (Famille)
Harleston.
Forrest.
Jenkins.
Mickey.
Whitlock.
Wheeler.
African American families > South Carolina > Charleston Region > Biography.
Interracial marriage > South Carolina > Charleston Region > History.
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Charleston Region > Biography.
African Americans > South Carolina > Charleston Region > Biography > African Americans.
Slaveholders > South Carolina > Charleston Region > Biography.
African American families > Biography.
Racially mixed people > United States > Biography.
Familles noires américaines > Biographies.
African American families.
African Americans.
Interracial marriage.
Race relations.
Racially mixed people.
Slaveholders.
Enslaved persons.
Charleston Region (S.C.) > Biography.
Charleston Region (S.C.) > Race relations.
South Carolina > Charleston Region.
United States.
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston > Minorities > Genealogy.
Biography
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1-The Master and His Orphans-Part 2-High Yellow-Porch 3 -Eyes Sadder Then the Grave-Part 4-Nigger Rich-Part 5-The Orphans Dancers-Part 6-A Trunk in the Grass-Notes-Permission and Photography Credits-Acknowledgments-Index. If.

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