Book
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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
Publication Information
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Physical Description
76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
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.
Contents
- 160 acres
- Three and a half dollars an acre
- Twelve and a half percent
- One million dollars.
Subjects
- African American women > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Creek Indians > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Biography.
- Women > Biography.
- Millionaires.
- Creek Indians > Biography.
- Indians of North America > Biography.
- Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century.
- Creek County (Okla.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Creek County (Okla.) > Biography.
- Rector, Sarah, 1902- > Juvenile literature.
- Rector, Sarah, 1902-