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Amanda America Dickson, the Glossary

Amanda America Dickson (November 20, 1849 – June 11, 1893) was an African-American socialite in Georgia who became known as one of the wealthiest African-American women of the 19th century after inheriting a large estate from her white planter father.^[1]

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19th-century American women landowners
American women slaves
Literate American slaves
People enslaved in Georgia (U.S. state)

African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Anodyne

An anodyne is a drug used to lessen pain through reducing the sensitivity of the brain or nervous system.

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Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States

In the United States, many U.S. states historically had anti-miscegenation laws which prohibited interracial marriage and, in some states, interracial sexual relations.

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Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Cane (novel)

Cane is a 1923 novel by noted Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer.

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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.C.) is a Methodist denomination that is based in the United States.

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Clark Atlanta University

Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Concubinage

Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage.

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Estate (law)

In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth.

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Floyd County, Georgia

Floyd County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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George Walton

George Walton (– February 2, 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence while representing Georgia in the Continental Congress.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Hancock County, Georgia

Hancock County is a county located in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.

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Houston County, Georgia

Houston County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Intestacy

Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without having in force a valid will or other binding declaration.

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Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer (born Nathan Pinchback Toomer; December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and with modernism.

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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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LisaGay Hamilton

LisaGay Hamilton (born 1964) is an American actress who has portrayed roles in films, television, and on stage.

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Logan Edwin Bleckley

Logan Edwin Bleckley (July 3, 1827 – March 6, 1907) was an American lawyer and jurist.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Neurasthenia

Neurasthenia (from the Ancient Greek νεῦρον neuron "nerve" and ἀσθενής asthenés "weak") is a term that was first used as early as 1829 for a mechanical weakness of the nerves.

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Normal school

A normal school or normal college is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

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P. B. S. Pinchback

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer.

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Perry, Georgia

Perry is a city in Houston and Peach counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Plantation

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.

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Plantation complexes in the Southern United States

Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century.

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Planter class

The planter class, also referred to as the planter aristocracy, was a racial and socioeconomic caste which emerged in the Americas during European colonization in the early modern period.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Probate court

A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates.

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Pullman Company

The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.

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Racism in the United States

Racism has been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups, throughout the history of the United States.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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Rome, Georgia

Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States.

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Sam Waterston

Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor.

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Shirley Douglas

Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)

The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Television film

A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_America_Dickson

Also known as Amanda Dickson.

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See also

19th-century American women landowners

American women slaves

Literate American slaves

People enslaved in Georgia (U.S. state)

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