Juliet - Russell, Jesse
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Juliet, a slave in Virginia is freed, along with her family in the will of her former owner, only to later discover that the will that provided for her freedom would be contested and lead to an 8 year long court battle from 1848-1856, ending with Juliet, her family and others being sold to the highest bidder. Juliet's amazing journey continues with successive generations and culminating in her great granddaughter becoming the first African American woman to graduate in 1916 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and being the first to practice in Pennsylvania as well as the first…mehr

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Juliet, a slave in Virginia is freed, along with her family in the will of her former owner, only to later discover that the will that provided for her freedom would be contested and lead to an 8 year long court battle from 1848-1856, ending with Juliet, her family and others being sold to the highest bidder. Juliet's amazing journey continues with successive generations and culminating in her great granddaughter becoming the first African American woman to graduate in 1916 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and being the first to practice in Pennsylvania as well as the first licensed African American woman to practice in the United States. Her achievements did not end there. This great granddaughter, Ella Phillips Stewart, dined in her home with W.E.B. Dubois, became president of the National Association of Colored Women, served in the Eisenhower administration, spent 6 years traveling the world with UNESCO and garnered National, State and local awards too numerous to mention. This is a story of struggle, perseverance and inspiration. Written as a historical novel based on actual events and actual persons, the reader is guaranteed to be both entertained and enlightened.
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The author is retired and living in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He has written numerous historical accounts of families in his native Clarke County, Virginia, but the book "Juliet - From Slavery to Inspiration is his first book. He grew up in Clarke County, graduated from Massanutten Military Academy, served 3 years in the Army and received a degree in Political Science from James Madison University. What began as research on his own family that he became intrigued with a slave woman named Juliet who along with her family had been freed by his third great grandfather, only to find that his second great grandfather challenge the manumission clause in his father's will that led to an 8 year long court trial ending with the auction of Juliet and her family. What he discovered was an astonishing truth that led to his recent reunion with the descendants of Juliet and the incredible achievements of her great granddaughter renown as one of our country's African American pioneers.