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Roxie is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 497 at the 2010 census, [2] down from 569 at the 2000 census. This rural town developed with the construction of railroads in the area.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1][2][3 ...
Nrhp Reference NumberNameImageLocality74001047Natchez 31°32′42″N 91°23′34″W / 31.71000448Biloxi 30°23′33″N 88°51′46″W / 30.72000702Wayside 33°10′08″N 91°09′32″W / 33.78001576Jan 21, 2007 · Best-selling author, social critic and influential literary figure Richard Wright was born on September 4, 1908, to Nathan Wright and Ella Wilson, both children of slaves, on a plantation near Roxie, Mississippi. His father was an illiterate sharecropper and his mother was a schoolteacher.
Richard Nathaniel Wright was born on September 4, 1908, at Rucker's Plantation, between the train town of Roxie and the larger river city of Natchez, Mississippi. [1] He was the son of Nathan Wright, a sharecropper , [ 1 ] and Ella (Wilson), [ 2 ] a schoolteacher.
Oct 15, 2024 · Born on Rucker Plantation in Roxie, Mississippi, Richard Wright was the grandson of a slave and is now remembered for his now timeless works of Southern literature, including “Black Boy” and “ Native Son.”.
History of Roxie. Roxie was formed as a shipping point on the Y & M V Railroad in 1886. The area was owned by John Q. Graves, who donated the land for the the new town. He was a County Supervisor for the Beat One, which included Roxie, for many years.
Homestead #6214 - Application Number 14748 – March 17, 1892. America Hunt, a mulatto woman, was born into slavery in Kentucky in approximately 1820. By 1840, she belonged to Henry Hunt and lived on his plantation near Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi.
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