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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America

Bolden, Tonya (Author).

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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  • ISBN: 1419708465 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781419708466 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
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  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
Subject: Petroleum industry and trade Oklahoma History 20th century
Indians of North America Biography
Creek Indians Biography
Women Biography
Rector, Sarah 1902-
Millionaires Biography
African Americans Biography
African American women Biography

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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