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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
Title:
Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
ISBN:
9781419708466
Physical Description:
76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Contents:
160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
Reading Level:
1050 L Lexile
Personal Subject:
Summary:
Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.
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