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Daughter of an enslaved girl and the planter who held her, Amanda America Dickson inherited her father's vast estate on his 1885 death; the Georgia Supreme Court upheld his will in 1887, making her among the wealthiest Black women of her era.
Amanda America Dickson Toomer is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 2021. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4695, -81.9598 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brahe House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Richmond County Courthouse, Home of Nicholas Ware, and Gertrude Herbert Art Institute.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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