A historical marker was dedicated to honor her legacy May 21 at the site of her former residence, now a law firm. She was the main heir to the estate of over 15,000 acres valued at $309,543. Amanda America Dickson, the daughter of an enslaved woman and her enslaver, became one of the wealthiest Black women in nineteenth-century America. On July 15, 1886, before the Georgia Supreme Court ruling, pressure from other family members forced Dickson to leave the family plantation where she had spent most of her life. By the time the courts settled the Dickson will case, she had firmly ensconced herself in this new home and decorated it with Brussels carpets, oil paintings, a walnut dining room table and chairs, and books. Ashlee and Nesia discuss life as the owner of a basketball team, retirement and more. He married Eva W. Walton on 10 December 1885, in Richmond, Georgia, United States. Kent Anderson Leslie's 1995 biography Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege: Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893, was written about her life, and from this book came the 2000 film, "A House Divided," starring Sam Waterston and Jennifer Beals as David and Amanda Dickson. Woodard, My GA History, Amanda America Dickson, http://mygahistory.com/amanda-america-dickson/. Shortly thereafter Nathan Toomer married Nina Pinchback. My fathers grandmother was a slave of David Dickson, which was Amanda's father. Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. of Thomas Eubanks and Nancy Dickson [sibling(s) unknown] Husband of Amanda America (Dickson) Toomer married about 1865 (to . As a young man, Nathan had served as the personal assistant to Colonel Henry Toomer, and in that capacity learned the ways of white upper-class gentlemen. Ancestors . Toomer was born in 1839 in Chatham County, North Carolina, the slave of Richard Pilkinson. [1]:122, Nathan and a very ill Amanda America arrived back at their home in Augusta, Georgia between four and five in the afternoon on June 9, 1893. Toomer was born on November 20, 1849, in Sparta, Georgia, to a White 41-year-old plantation owner, David Dickson and an enslaved twelve-year-old girl, Julie. My father ( who's grandmother was a slave of David Dickson) married my mother who is a descendant of Amanda Dickson. Try again. Michael Romano, self-proclaimed carbohydrate king and executive pastry chef for Edgar's Hospitality Group stopped by our front porch to chat with Ashlee. We have set your language to While white Georgians were establishing segregation as the ruling social order in the public sphere, members of the Dickson family went about their private lives. She learned to read and write, and assumed the social graces of white Southern affluence. Find-A-Grave, Amanda America Dickson Toomer, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13428942; Mark This account has been disabled. 0 cemeteries found in Houston County, Georgia, USA. I read Dr. Kent Anderson Leslie's biography of Amanda Dickson Toomer several years. In the 1870s he built a handsome house for Amanda and her mother Julia and gave her some property. [1]:4244 In her white grandmother's household, she learned to read, write, and play the piano, unlike what was permitted for her enslaved relatives. On July 14, 1892, she married Nathan Toomer of Perry, Ga. Amanda got sick. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. All Rights Reserved. Citing the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision, saying that the rights and privileges of a black woman and her children would be the same rights and privileges of a white concubine or an illegitimate white woman and her children. She was buried in her wedding dress, in a metallic coffin, which was lined in rose colored plush fabric. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. She was. Amanda Dickson Toomer Wife of Nathan ToomerA True Christian. The son of this marriage was Jean Toomer, the author of the novel Cane (1923). The funeral was held at Trinity Colored Methodist Church. Four years later, her son Charles was born. [1]:122 She was diagnosed with neurasthenia (general exhaustion of the nervous system), or Beard's disease. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Amanda America Dickson, the daughter of a slave and her white owner, became one of the wealthiest black women in nineteenth-century America. Kent Anderson Leslie uses the events of Dickson's life to explore the forces driving southern race and gender . Amanda Dickson Toomer died at her home at 448 Telfair Street on June 11, 1893. The family has become part of the educated, professional black elite in the United States. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [1]:81100, Judge Logan E. Bleckley filled his vacancy and refused to hear the case again. Because of anti-miscegenation laws, they couldn't legally marry in Georgia. The union produced two sons: Julian Henry (1866-1937), who married Eva Walton, the daughter of Isabella and George Walton of Augusta; and Charles Green (1870-ca. The problem with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Caribbean excursion wasn't the disastrous photo-ops which ranged from offensive to farcical, writes Kehinde Andrews. Public domain image, Courtesy Georgia Historical Society, African American History: Research Guides & Websites, Global African History: Research Guides & Websites, African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project, Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, & Ambassadors, Racial Conflict - Segregation/Integration, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13428942, http://mygahistory.com/amanda-america-dickson/, Foundation, Organization, and Corporate Supporters. Although dozens of white relatives fought the case in court, Amanda prevailed under the 14th Amendment, with the Georgia Supreme Court noting "all distinction as to right's pertaining to citizenship between the two races are abolished, and as to their civil rights, they stand on the same footing.". Add to your scrapbook. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. As a child Toomer was purchased by John Toomer, who moved to Houston County, Georgia, in the 1850s. and to behave like a lady , according to biographer Kent Leslie. "Amanda America Dickson." If so, login to add it. "Amanda America Dickson." In her youth, Amanda was taken into the Dickson family home and raised by her paternal grandmother where she was taught to read, write, and play the piano. Her 40- year- old father was known as "The Prince of Southern Farmers". It would be a mistake, however . When her father died on February 18, 1885, Amanda became the center of a famous lawsuit. He became known as a Harlem Renaissance writer, noted for his modernist novel Cane (1923). [1]:128, Nine months after Dickson's death, Nathan Toomer married Nina Pinchback, the daughter of P. B. S. Pinchback, the Reconstruction Era senator-elect from Louisiana. [2] In what became known as the David Dickson Will Case, seventy-nine white relatives of David Dickson disputed the will in court, mainly arguing that David Dickson was not of a sound mind when he wrote the will, that he was "unduly influenced" by Amanda America and Julia Dickson, and that Amanda America was not his child. Therefore, Elizabeth and David Dickson had no means to manumit Amanda and keep her with them in Georgia until the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, was ratified on December 6, 1865. David Dickson showed that farmers could profit from slave labor without having to resort to violence to keep them in submission. Amanda America Dickson spent her childhood and adolescence in the house of her white grandmother and owner, Elizabeth Sholars Dickson, where she learned to read and write and play the pianothe survival skills of a young lady but not ordinarily the opportunities of a slave. In 1866, 17-year-old Amanda married her white first cousin, Charles Eubanks, a recently returned Confederate Army veteran and together they had two children, Julian Henry and Charles Green. "the wealthiest colored woman in America". 1., ed. The real issue is the . Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? 2251 Florin Rd. Sorry! Dickson left his estate to his mulatto daughter Amanda America Dickson. It was an unhappy marriage, and in 1870, Amanda left her husband, and returned to the Dickson Plantation, where she was legally given the surname of Dickson for herself and her sons. As Henry Toomer's personal assistant, Nathan Toomer learned the manner of the white upper class. 95822. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Dickson left Eubanks in 1870 and with her sons returned to her father's plantation. [1]:101102 On October 11, 1886, chief justice James Jackson, and associate justices Samuel Hall and Mark Blanford heard the case following the appeal. [2] After Amanda was weaned, she was taken from her enslaved mother and maternal grandmother, Rose, to be raised in the household of her white paternal grandmother and mistress, Elizabeth Sholars Dickson. Explore genealogy for Charles Eubanks born 1835 Hancock County, Georgia including ancestors + descendants + more in the free family tree community. New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 17, 2020. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/amanda-america-dickson-1849-1893/, Leslie, K. A. Born November 20, 1849, on the Dickson Plantation, near Sparta, Georgia (Hancock County), Amanda America was the product of her 12-year-old mother, an enslaved house servant, Julia Francis Lewis, and 40-year-old David Dickson, a well-known agricultural reformer of that era and one of the wealthiest planters in the area. The will was upheld in Probate Court. ." who was raised and educated in David's household. He lent the county $30,000 to build the original courthouse in the late 1800s, but he's also known for something else. His white relatives contested the will. Toomer and Dicksons marriage lasted until her death on June 11, 1893, of neurasthenia, or nervous exhaustion. In 1892 Dickson married Nathan Toomer of Perry. David Dickson is a wealthy plantation owner in antebellum Georgia who fathers Amanda by raping one of his slaves, Julia. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to Georgia Historical Society. So, the same laws governed the rights and privileges of women of both races. She was quickly tended to by Dr. Eugene Foster, in place of their family physician, Thomas D. Coleman, who was out of town. Dickson was born in 1849 to prominent Hancock County plantation owner David Dickson and a 12-year-old slave. Their mixed-race sons later married prominent members of Georgia society. The life and legacy of Amanda America Dickson Toomer, Augusta's first Black millionaire. Amanda America was born to 40-year-old slave master David Dickson and 13-year-old slave, Julia Lewis in 1849.Legally, Amanda was still a slave until her grandmother's death in 1864.By the 1860s David Dickson was the richest planter in Hancock County, with 150 slaves, 350 cattle, 600 hogs, 200 sheep and 57 mules and horses.Amanda was still a teen-ager when she married her father's nephew . Twelve-year-old Julia . Died: June 11, 1893 (aged 43) Alma mater: Atlanta University: Spouse(s) Charles Eubanks; Nathan Toomer . The higher court stated that the "rights of each race are controlled and governed by the same enactments or principles of law"in other words, whatever rights and privileges belonged to a bastard white child belonged to a mixed-race child as well. We extend our congratulations and best wishes; 16 mm, 101 min. Charles Dickson escaped without any legal ramifications for his actions. woman in the (Ti i ted .states has just died. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. His estate included thousands of acres of property in Georgia and Texas as well as the rights to his agricultural seeds and compounds. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. married a second time, on July 14, 1892. Kent Anderson Leslie. The film stars Sam Waterston (Dickson), Jennifer Beals (Amanda) and Lisa Gay Hamilton (Julia). This house still stands on 452 Telfair Street. . Amanda's father showered her with love and affection. Amanda's birth resulted from the rape of her black slave mother, Julia Frances Dickson, by her white master, Mr. David Dickson. . [1]:41, At the age of twenty-seven, Amanda chose to leave her father's plantation in Hancock County, Georgia to attend the normal school of Atlanta University, where she studied teaching from 1876 to 1878. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Clinging to his body, Amanda cried, "Now I am an orphan, though her mother was still alive. Mother of Julian Henry Dickson and Charles "Charley" or Leslie Green Dickson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10337890/amanda-america-toomer. MORE: Augusta Historical Marker Part of Georgia Civil Rights Trail Born Amanda America on the Dickson Plantation, near Sparta, Georgia, Mrs. A. According to Dickson family tradition, David Dickson eventually doted on his only daughter. In today's episode, we are looking into the life of Amanda America Dickson a slave who inherited her fathers fortune becoming one of the wealthiest African Americans in the country! The bride and groom wanted an intimate family wedding and the ability to spend quality time with those they love the most. (1-1) Philip Brown, of Westbrook, recipient of a Spirit of America Foundation Award. When John Toomer died, he became the property of Colonel Henry Toomer, Johns brother. "[1]:123 Amanda America Dickson Toomer died on June 11, 1893, with "complications of diseases" being the cause of death listed on her death certificate. Upon John Toomers death in 1859, his brother Colonel Henry Toomer purchased Nathans mother, Kit, and seven of her children from the estate. In 1890, Smith returned to the United States, and after two years of preaching and related work in the East, she settled in . She was held in high esteem by those who came to know her because of her wealth, elegance, and intelligence. Kent Anderson Leslie, Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege: Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995). Geni requires JavaScript! Although the will specifically warned Dickson family members not to contest his wishes, 79 relatives filed a lawsuit to prevent Amanda Dickson from inheriting the property. In 1793 or 1794 Suzanne married Jean-Baptiste Peltier. Gabriel moved to Emanuel County, Georgia after his fathers death.David Lipscomb College, TN~ 1939 (Edna Waters)Harding College, Se She was born November 20, 1849, on the Dickson Plantation, near Sparta, Georgia (Hancock County) to a famous 40-year-old plantation owner David Dickson and a 12-year-old enslaved girl, Julia . He never woke up. a Sort of Mystery: Jean Toomers Georgia Heritage, Georgia Historical Quarterly 77 (winter 1993): 789-809. As we peek into the pages of the acclaimed events of history behind Kent Anderson Leslie's book, Women of Color, Daughter of Privilege, centering on the life of Amanda America Dickson. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. [1]:120121, In June 1893, with the kidnapping drama (involving Mamie Toomer, Charles Dickson, and Charles Dickson's co-conspirators) behind them, Nathan and Amanda America purchased two first-class tickets from a sales representative of the Pullman Palace Car Company to transport them from Baltimore, Maryland back to Augusta, Georgia. A host of David Dicksons white relatives contested the will, but the superior court of Hancock County ruled in favor of Amanda Dickson in November 1885. She learned to dress in a modest, elegant fashion and how to present herself as a "lady". She moved to Augusta, Georgia before the town mandated residential segregation by race and purchased a large brick home at 484 Telfair Street, in the most prominent neighborhood in the city. At the time, David Dickson was forty and the wealthiest planter in the county. Dicksons social status may have enabled the child to live a life of relative privilege while enslaved. I am very apprieciative to the people who have read the book and reviewed the website. Monday/Tuesday - closed. In his will David Dickson stated that the administration of his estate was to be left to the sound judgment and unlimited discretion of Amanda Dickson without interference from any quarter, including any husband she might have. Amanda (Dickson) Toomer is a part of US Black history. Julia relinquishes Amanda to the Dicksons, realizing that her baby will be raised free because she was born with fair skin. That cotton was produced by the enslaved men, women and children of African heritage, on whose labor the wealth of the South depended. Appears in theFebruary/Marchissue of Augusta Magazine. the Tifton church from a lady who hud just died in Florida. 916-320-9573 sojomuseum@gmail.com. Try again later. [1]:123 Amanda America died without a will, which resulted in a legal battle after her death for control of her estate. Shortly after that birth, Amanda returned to her fathers home in Hancock County, saying she wanted to be near her papie. Charles sought to get her back, but she refused. I am also proud of my heritage and what she has done for the people of America. Son. They serve as an inspiration and testament to the strength of the human spirit and the will to succeed. This fascinating story of Amanda America Dickson, born the privileged daughter of a white planter and an unconsenting slave in antebellum Georgia, shows how strong-willed individuals defied. Amanda America was born to 40-year-old slave master David Dickson and 13-year-old slave, Julia Lewis in 1849.Legally, Amanda was still a slave until her grandmother's death in 1864.By the 1860s David Dickson was the richest planter in Hancock County, with 150 slaves, 350 cattle, 600 hogs, 200 sheep and 57 mules and horses.Amanda was still a teen-ager when she married her father's nephew, Charles Eubanks. Both were born into slavery, but their lives turned out very different. . The next year, the couple had their first child, Julian, and Charles purchased land near Rome. Leave a message for others who see this profile. Features. Eubanks was a Confederate Veteran. . who was raised and educated in Davids household. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: BeNotForgot The doctors diagnosed her with neurasthenia, a disease characterized by profound physical and nervous exhaustion. She bore two children from this marriage, Julian Henry and Charles Green. Associate justices Samuel Hall and Mark Blanford remained to deliver the ruling regarding whether the white relatives would receive a new trial. . Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Dickson became a member of the elite black community in Augusta, Georgia. This is a carousel with slides. Antebellum Hancock County, Georgia, was a place where black slaves outnumbered . [1]:127 Ultimately, Julia Dickson, Nathan Toomer, and Amanda America's younger son, Charles Dickson, settled the dispute over Amanda America's estate amicably out of court. I am proud to be a Dickson.I am John R. Dickson's daughter's child. Her enslaved mother, Julia Frances Lewis Dickson, was just 13 when she was born. Paterson residents woke up to a surprise Monday: A group of six sheep from unknown origins were roaming the streets of New Jersey's third-largest city. His estate included 17,000 acres of land in Hancock and Washington counties in Georgia. Amanda America Dickson spent her childhood and adolescence in the house of her white grandmother and enslaver, Elizabeth Sholars Dickson, where she learned to read and write and play the pianothe survival skills of a young lady but not ordinarily the opportunities of a enslaved child. Amanda, then15, had a relationship with her 29-year old white cousin Charles Eubanks and had two sons, Julian and Leslie, near Rome, Georgia. Wednesday - by appointment. Some of the businesses that were destroyed included several . Amanda America Dickson's life reflected the power of family and class to erode the boundaries of race in the nineteenth-century South. Weve updated the security on the site. She was born on November 20 or 21, 1849, on the Hancock County plantation of her father, the famous white agricultural reformer, David Dickson (1809-85). David Dickson had only one child, Amanda America Dickson, who died in 1893.She had two sons, Julian Henry, 1866-1937 and Charles Green, 1870-???. Year should not be greater than current year. Dickson, 1849-1893 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996); [1]:117 But some were willing to accept children of wealthy planters, especially if mostly white. Amanda's father was 40 year old David Dickson, son of Elizabeth and a wealthy white merchant, planter and slave owner. The website Hancock County, Georgia including ancestors + descendants + more in the nineteenth-century.... 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