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Jun 25, 2018 · In 1880, a man named Amasa Coleman Lee was born in rural Alabama. In 1926, he and his wife, Frances Finch Lee, had a daughter, Nelle. (It was her maternal grandmother’s name spelled backwards.)
Sep 10, 2022 · Frances Cunningham Finch was born 14 Aug 1888. Frances Finch married Amasa Coleman Lee. They had four children --- Alice Finch Lee, Frances Louise (Finch) Conner, Edward Coleman Lee and Nelle Harper Lee ---- She passed away 02 Jun 1951.
Author Harper Lee was born and raised in Monroeville, now known as the “Literary Capital of Alabama,” and the town served as the inspiration for her 1961 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee, was a state legislator and county lawyer and defended two Black men accused of murdering a white storekeeper.
Jun 20, 2010 · But while scholars are still unable to determine exactly on whom Lee based the character of the wrongly-accused defendant on, there are several ideas as to who or what helped influence the novel. During her childhood years, Lee's father, Amasa Coleman Lee, tried and failed to defend two black men accused of rape and murder in 1919.
Sep 28, 2021 · This much-loved character is based on Harper Lee’s father Amasa Coleman Lee, who was a lawyer. Many of the traits of Atticus are modeled on Amasa, who was a great influence on Lee. The author’s father defended two black men who were accused of murder in 1919. However, before the trial ended, the two men were brutally killed by a white mob.
Amasa Coleman (A. C.) Lee. Born 19 Jul 1880 in Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, USA. Ancestors. Son of Cader Alexander Lee and [mother unknown] Brother of Jessie Theodosia (Lee) Williams [half] Husband of Frances Cunningham (Finch) Lee — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Father of Alice Finch Lee, Louise (Lee) Conner, [private son (1920s ...
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