The sweet hell inside
a family history
by Edward Ball
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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, tailored clothes, and servants whose skin was darker than theirs. It also launched the family into a generation of glory as painters, performers, and photographers in the "high yellow" society of America's colored upper class. The Harlestons' remarkable 100-year journey spans the waning days of Reconstruction, the precious art world of the early 1900s, the back alleys of the Jazz Age, and the dawn of the civil rights movement.--From publisher description.
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Biography, African American families, Race relations, Racially mixed people, Slaveholders, Interracial marriage, Slaves, African Americans, History, New York Times reviewed, African americans, southern states, African american families, South carolina, biography, African americans, biography, Slaves, united states, Southern states, race relationsPeople
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The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South (National Book Award Winner)
November 5, 2002, Harper Perennial
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The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South (National Book Award Winner)
November 5, 2002, Harper Perennial
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The sweet hell inside: a family history
2001, William Morrow
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068816840X 9780688168407
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The sweet hell inside: a family history
2001, William Morrow
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