Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault

Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault (1800–1857), was an American planter and landowner. She managed to acquire land and become a planter in Georgia despite the fact that landowning on this scale was prohibited by law in Antebellum Georgia for non-white people.[1]

Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault was a free person of color and born in Saint Domingue, but emigrated as a child with her family to the United States. From 1812, she lived in Savannah, Georgia, where her family established a successful tailor shop. She herself achieved success in the pastry business. In 1842, she became a landowner. This was in fact prohibited by law for a person of her color in pre-Civil War Georgia, but she managed to get around the law by having a male white business partner.

See also

References
  1. Janice Sumler-Edmond, The Secret Trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault: The Life and Trials of a Free Woman of Color in Antebellum Georgia


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.