Amanda America Dickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amanda America Dickson

American slave and socialite

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1849

Place of Birth: Hancock County, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1893

Profession: socialite

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Amanda America Dickson (November 20, 1849 – June 11, 1893) was a mulatto or mixed-race 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, one of his slaves, who was thirteen when her daughter was born.
Amanda was raised by Elizabeth Sholars Dickson, her white grandmother and mistress.
She was educated and schooled in the social skills of her father's class, and he helped her to enjoy a life of privilege away from the harsh realities of slavery before emancipation following the Civil War.
In her late 20s, she also attended the normal school of Atlanta University, from 1876 to 1878.
After her father's death in 1885 and a successful ruling in a challenge to his will by his white relatives, Amanda Dickson inherited his estate, which included 17,000 acres of land in Hancock and Washington counties in Georgia.
She married twice: her first husband was white and their sons were mixed-race.
Their wealth enabled them to marry well.