Every “legitimate” member of Revolutionary War soldier Francis
Jones's family (including his son-in-law Congressman James
Strudwick Smith) lies in a small cemetery near where the Smiths'
enslaved maid Harriet gave birth to four daughters, one fathered by
Jones's white lawyer grandson, three by the white physician
grandson. The four girls grew up with two “mothers”, for Miss
Mary Ruffin Smith, spinster sister of the licentious boys, took
them into the big house, baptized them into the Episcopal Church,
and then guided them to marriage to respectable biracial men. One
great-great-grandchild, Pauli Murray, became the first
African-American woman to be admitted to the clergy of the
Episcopal Church and has recently been named a saint in that
denomination. Her book Proud Shoes is based on her grandmother's
memories. The last “legitimate” survivor in her family, Miss
Mary Ruffin Smith left each biracial niece a token hundred acres.
The remainder of the Jones-Smith fortune she willed (1) to the
University of North Carolina for the establishment of scholarships
and the development of its campus utilities, and (2) to the work of
the North Carolina dioceses of the Episcopal Church, including
saving St. Mary's School in Raleigh and supporting the Chapel of
the Cross in Chapel Hill.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2015 |
| Firstpublished: |
December 2014 |
| Authors: |
H. G. Jones
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-9662-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-7864-9662-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780786496624 |
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