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The novel is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, Haley's paternal grandmother. [3] Alex Haley died in February 1992 before completing the novel. It was later finished by David Stevens and published in 1993.
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The noted author Alex Haley (1921–1992) was the grandson of Queen, the illegitimate and unacknowledged daughter of James "Jass" Jackson III (the son of a friend, but not a relative, of Andrew Jackson) and Easter, a slave he owned.
Feb 14, 1993 · Historical background. The noted author Alex Haley (1921–1992) was the grandson of Queen, the illegitimate and unacknowledged daughter of James "Jass" Jackson III (the son of a friend, but not a relative, of Andrew Jackson) and Easter, a woman he enslaved.
- Alex HaleyDavid Stevens
- Historical fiction
- United States
- William Morrow
Jan 1, 2001 · Although she technically makes her appearance near the middle of the novel, Haley tells his story through the viewpoint of Queen, his grandmother, and her unique life experiences as a mixed-race African-American woman.
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Feb 14, 1993 · The late Alex Haley, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” revisits this era in “Queen,” a three-part CBS mini-series based on his 16-hour oral...
Subsequent DNA testing of Alex Haley's nephew Chris Haley revealed that Alec Haley, Alex's paternal grandfather and Queen Haley's husband, was most likely descended from Scottish ancestors via William Harwell Baugh, an overseer of an Alabama slave plantation.
His adolescent attraction to the beautiful and strongwilled slave named Easter blossoms into a powerful and lasting love, and from their passionate union comes Queen - the heroine of the tale,...
