Amanda America Dickson

Biography

Amanda America Dickson (November 20, 1849 – June 11, 1893) was an African-American socialite in Georgia who became known as one of the wealthiest African-American women of the 19th century after inheriting a large estate from her white planter father. Born into slavery, she was the child of David Dickson, a white planter, and Julia Frances Lewis (Dickson), a girl he enslaved, who was thirteen when Amanda was born. Amanda was raised by Elizabeth Sholars Dickson, her white grandmother and legal mistress (owner).

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