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Jackson Lane (1829-1908), son of John and Katherine Estep Lane, was born in Scott Co., Va. He came to Russell County with his mother and step-father, Reuben Powers. Russell County became Wise county in 1856 and later Dickenson County in 1880. He married 1852 in Russell County, Va. Sarah "Sally" Jane Ritchie (1836-1884), daughter of John and Kezia "Cassie" Hill Ritchie. She was born in Virginia. They settled on Lick Fork in Wise County. They were parents of twelve children born between 1853 and 1879. Descendants live in Virginia and elsewhere. Early Lane immigrants came to Virginia as early as 1635
Edited by internationally recognised scholar Femi Ojo-Ade, this volume brings together a mixture of young intellectuals and seasoned scholars from Africa and its diaspora to address various implications of the Obama phenomenon, all from an Afro-oriented perspective. Far from being a neologism coined from what some would dismiss as Obama's political jingoism, The Obama Phenomenon: Change We Can is an affirmation of potential power, a call-out to people of all races and cultures to work together for the just cause of human progress.
Surname also spelled Crabtre, Crabtreee, Crabtrree, Standley, Stanely, Stanlely, Stanly, etc.
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Graças ao advento da Lei n. 10.639/2003, a literatura negra está finalmente ganhando o espaço que merece com a obrigatoriedade da inserção de conteúdos de história e cultura afro-brasileira em escolas das redes pública e privada de todo o Brasil. Graças a esse salto qualitativo do processo civilizatório, esta obra enseja funcionar como um guia, orientando seu público leitor nas representações do negro na literatura canônica e na literatura negra, perpassando pelas produções das Américas, do Caribe e do Brasil e suas respectivas representações e, por fim, pela literatura feminina negra.
Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.
Vols. 9-17 include decisions of the War Labor Board.
The deeply prolific and widely celebrated author of such books as Segu and Tales from the Heart, Maryse Condé returns with an unforgettable new novel, Who Slashed Celanire's Throat? Inspired by a tragedy in the late twentieth century, Condé sets this fiction in the late nineteenth century with her characteristic blend of magical realism and fantasy. Condé lyrically, hauntingly imagines Celanire: a woman who was mutilated at birth and left for dead. Mysterious, seductive, and disarming, she is driven to uncover the truth of her past at any cost. On one hand, Celanire appears to be a saint; she is a tireless worker who has turned numerous neglected institutions into vibrant schools for moth...