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Abolitionist, author, orator, editor, and statesman. Frederick Douglass was a man determined to achieve freedom for those whose lives were reduced and destroyed by the institution of American slavery. In Frederick Douglass: A Biography, Charles W. Chesnutt attempts to do justice to his legacy while providing a portrait of a human being whose idealism and willpower reshaped the modern world.

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Abolitionist, author, orator, editor, and statesman. Frederick Douglass was a man determined to achieve freedom for those whose lives were reduced and destroyed by the institution of American slavery. In Frederick Douglass: A Biography, Charles W. Chesnutt attempts to do justice to his legacy while providing a portrait of a human being whose idealism and willpower reshaped the modern world.

A mixed-race man prepares to propose to a young biracial woman. When a black woman arrives inquiring about a husband she has not seen in decades, his plans take a surprising turn. The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line is a collection of stories exploring race and identity by African American author Charles W. Chesnutt.

The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line (1899) is a collection of short stories by African American writer, lawyer, and political activist Charles Chesnutt. Originally published in a July 1888 edition of The Atlantic--in which, in 1887, Chesnutt became the first African American to have a story published in its pages--"The Wife of His Youth" has become the author's most frequently anthologized story. The Wife of His Youth and...

A white Northerner travels South to care for his wife. While she recovers in the warmer climate, he cultivates his newly purchased vineyard, and both spend time spellbound by ex-slave Uncle Julius McAdoo’s stories of hoodoo and mystery set on the nearby plantations. The Conjure Woman is a collection of stories by pioneering African American writer Charles Chesnutt.

When a white woman is murdered, the racial tensions which divide the town of Wellington reach their breaking point. A black man is blamed for the crime, but when his innocence is proven, a group of powerful white man decide to take matters in their own hands. The Marrow of Tradition is a historical novel by African American author Charles Chesnutt.

A mixed-race woman moves to the city where her brother lives as a white man. Enamored with his privileged life, she chooses to do the same. But when she falls in love with a wealthy white man, her secret proves difficult to conceal. The House Behind the Cedars is a powerful novel exploring race and identity in the post-Civil War South.

When a white woman is murdered, the racial tensions which divide the town of Wellington reach their breaking point. A black man is blamed for the crime, but when his innocence is proven, a group of powerful white man decide to take matters in their own hands. The Marrow of Tradition is a historical novel by African American author Charles Chesnutt.

A white Northerner travels South to care for his wife. While she recovers in the warmer climate, he cultivates his newly purchased vineyard, and both spend time spellbound by ex-slave Uncle Julius McAdoo’s stories of hoodoo and mystery set on the nearby plantations. The Conjure Woman is a collection of stories by pioneering African American writer Charles Chesnutt.

A mixed-race woman moves to the city where her brother lives as a white man. Enamored with his privileged life, she chooses to do the same. But when she falls in love with a wealthy white man, her secret proves difficult to conceal. The House Behind the Cedars is a powerful novel exploring race and identity in the post-Civil War South.

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Written in 1905, this is a compelling tale of the post-Civil War South's degeneration into a region awash with virulent racist practices against African Americans: segregation, lynchings, disenfranchisement, convict-labor exploitation, and endemic violent repression. The events are powerfully depicted from the point of view of a philanthropic but unreliable southern white colonel.

Written in 1905, The Colonel's Dream is a compelling, bitter tale of the post-Civil War South's degeneration into a regions awash with virulent racist practices against African Americans: segregation, lynchings, disenfranchisement, convect-labor exploitation, and endemic violent repression. The events in this novel are powerfully depicted from the point of view of a philanthropic but unreliable southern white colonel. Upon his return to the So...

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