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Ossian Sweet became the oldest of what would be a family of ten children because his older brother, Oscar, died eight days after Ossian was born. Oscar Sweet had been named in honor of Ossian Hart’s brother. The Sweets later moved to Bartow, Florida after Ossian’s father purchase a plot of land there. 12 The town of Bartow, located about
Ossian Sweet, his wife, brothers and friends, chose to take a stand that day, and with this one choice, the Detroit social boundaries were changed forever. In 1987 , to preserve this important historical event and the trials that followed it, Arthur Beer wrote his play "Malice Aforethought: The Sweet Trials."
Named for Ossian Hart, an African-American governor of Florida during the Reconstruction era, Ossian Sweet was born in Orlando on October 30, 1895. His mother, Dora, was related to a group of African Methodist Episcopal ministers who had helped fan the hopes of blacks in Florida after the Civil War. The family moved to the town of Bartow, in ...
30 de ago. de 2020 · Today the Dr. Ossian Sweet House continues to illustrate the role of "ordinary" places in the extraordinary history of American race relations. The Dr. Ossian Sweet House is located at 2905 Garland Road, south of the Edsel Ford Freeway. The property is not open to the public. Discover more history and culture by visiting the Detroit travel ...
The Trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet THE PEOPLE VS. AUGUSTUS POND The legal basis upon which the Ossian Sweet case was tried was the 1860 ruling of the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of The People vs. Augustus Pond. “A man assaulted in his dwelling is not obliged to retreat, but use such means as are absolutely necessary to repel the
The Chronicles of Dr. Ossian H. Sweet—A 30 min. video exploring the story of the Sweet Trials; Complete Text on Milestone Marker. Ossian Sweet Trial. In June 1925, prominent black medical doctor Dr. Ossian Sweet and his family were arrested and charged with the murder of one member of a white mob which tried to shoot at the Sweet home.
22 de feb. de 2024 · A look into Dr. Ossian Sweet 07:29 (CBS DETROIT) - Dr. Ossian Sweet was a prominent African American medical doctor who moved into an all-White neighborhood on Garland and Charlevoix on Detroit's ...
