Charles W. Chesnutt (born 1858, died 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.
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Charles W. Chesnutt: House Behind the Cedars
Charles Chesnutt was perhaps the most influential African-American fiction writer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The House Behind the Cedars, his dramatic masterpiece, was …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman
Seven short stories from one of the most influential African-American authors of the early twentieth century have been edited for modern readers. Changes include standardized spellings and replacemen …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Quarry
Was Donald Glover really what he seemed–a handsome, dedicated, and clever African-American star of the Harlem Renaissance, whose looks made him the ’quarry’ of a variety of women? Or could the secre …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Paul Marchand, F.M.C.
Evoking the atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century New Orleans and the deadly aftermath of the San Domingo slave revolution, this historical novel begins as its protagonist puzzles over the seemingly …
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Booker T. Washington: Frederick Douglass
This biography, written by Booker T. Washington, one of most important post-Civil War African-American thinkers, is an account of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. The biographical account i …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt’s early work …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt’s early work …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt’s early work …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt’s early work …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Marrow of Tradition
The classic, fictionalized account of a white supremacist insurrection in Reconstruction Era North Carolina—with a new introduction by Wiley Cash. On November 10, 1898, a mob of 400 people ramp …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
The House Behind the Cedars is the first novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was published in 1900 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The story occurs in the southern American states of N …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
I A STRANGER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA Time touches all things with destroying hand; and if he seem now and then to bestow the bloom of youth, the sap of spring, it is but a brief mockery, to be surely and …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman
According to Wikipedia: ’Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist and political activist, best known for his novels and short stories expl …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass
Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were notable for exploring the racial and social issues …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line
Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were notable for exploring the racial and social issues …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were notable for exploring the racial and social issues …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were notable for exploring the racial and social issues …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman
Charles W. Chesnutt was a prominent African-American writer, lawyer, and political activist. Chesnutt was a prolific author and his books were notable for exploring the racial and social issues …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt wrote The House Behind the Cedars as a response to what he viewed as inadequate and inaccurate depictions of the complexity of racial relationships in the southern states of Ameri …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Marrow of Tradition
In this landmark tale, one of the great American novelists exposed the harsh dimensions of Southern prejudice during post–Reconstruction era. Charles W. Chesnutt traces the intertwined lives of …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: A Business Career
Never before published, A Business Career is the story of Stella Merwin, a white woman entering the working-class world to discover the truth behind her upper-class father’s financial failure. A “New …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Evelyn’s Husband
The critique of white male society that Charles W. Chesnutt launched in A Marrow of Tradition continues in Evelyn’s Husband, one of six manuscripts left unpublished when this highly regarded African …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt was an author, essayist, and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt’s early works explored …
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August Nemo & Mary Shelley: Best Short Stories Omnibus – Volume 2
This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus con …
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Kathleen Norris & Charles W. Chesnutt: Big Book of Best Short Stories – Volume 6
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature …
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Edgar Allan Poe & Susan Glaspell: 7 best short stories – Murder
Death is one of the most important themes in literature – the fragility of human life and our own finitude have haunted authors since the early days. So what about murder? The act of taking a human l …
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Charles W. Chesnutt & August Nemo: 7 best short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt was an important voice in his day and remains a precious reading for those who want to better understand the period of construction of African American identity, from the end of t …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: House Behind the Cedars
The classic novel of two mixed-race siblings who flee the South after the Civil War, hiding their identities—until a romance brings the truth to light.A landmark in African American literature, …
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Frederick Douglass & Harriet E. Wilson: A Life in Chains
e-artnow presents the collection of the recorded testimonies of former slaves, memoirs, historical studies, reports of the life and laws in the south, legislation on civil rights, as well as popular …
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Frederick Douglass & Harriet Jacobs: Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels
This carefully crafted ebook: ’Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten’ is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Year …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Colonel’s Dream
Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’The Colonel’s Dream’ is a gripping novel that delves into themes of race, identity, and social class in post-Civil War America. Written in Chesnutt’s signature realist style, t …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass
In Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’Frederick Douglass’, readers are presented with a powerful and captivating portrayal of the life and legacy of the renowned abolitionist and former slave, Frederick Douglass …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Marrow of Tradition
In Charles W. Chesnutt’s novel, ’The Marrow of Tradition, ’ readers are transported to the post-Reconstruction era in the American South, where racial tensions are high and societal injustices abound …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays
Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays’ is a collection of powerful narratives that address the complexities of race and identity in pos …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman
In Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’The Conjure Woman’, readers are taken on a captivating journey through the antebellum South as they explore the intricacies of race, power, and tradition. The book is struct …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt’s novel, ’The House Behind the Cedars, ’ stands as a groundbreaking work of African American literature, tackling themes of racial passing and the complexities of identity in post …
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Frederick Douglass & Harriet Jacobs: Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels
’Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Former Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels’ is a profound anthology that embodies a spectrum of narratives ranging from heart-wrenching slave …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: En la frontera del color
Abogado, escritor, activista afroamericano: he aquí el perfil de Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), uno de los autores clave para entender la cuestión racial en Estados Unidos antes y después de la abo …
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Charles W. Chestnutt: The House Behind the Cedars
The House Behind the Cedars (1900) is African-American writer Charles Chesnutt’s debut novel. Inspired by his own experience as a Black man capable of passing for white—which Chesnutt consciously cho …
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Frederick Douglass & Harriet E. Wilson: The Memories of Life Before the Juneteenth
’The Memories of Life Before the Juneteenth’ serves as a profound literary exploration into the diverse narratives threading through the pre-emancipation era, weaving a complex tapestry of pain, resi …
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Charles W. Chestnutt: The Conjure Woman
The Conjure Woman (1899) is a collection of stories by African American author, lawyer, and political activist Charles Chesnutt. “The Goophered Grapevine, ” the collection’s opening story, was origin …
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Charles W. Chestnutt: The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a historical novel by African American author, lawyer, and political activist Charles Chesnutt. Based on the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898—in which a group of whit …
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Charles W. Chestnutt: The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line
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 …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Delphi Complete Works of Charles W. Chesnutt (Illustrated)
An African-American author, essayist and political activist, Charles W. Chesnutt is best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civi …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Evelyn’s Husband
The critique of white male society that Charles W. Chesnutt launched in A Marrow of Tradition continues in Evelyn’s Husband, one of six manuscripts left unpublished when this highly regarded African …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Business Career
Never before published, A Business Career is the story of Stella Merwin, a white woman entering the working-class world to discover the truth behind her upper-class father’s financial failure. A &quo …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Complete Works of Charles W. Chesnutt. Illustrated
Charles Waddell Chesnutt best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South. He became active in the National Association f …
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Ivan Turgenev & Willa Cather: Anthology of Classic Short Stories. Vol. 9 (Summer Tales)
In this collection of classic short stories readers will encounter some of the finest writing in world literature: Contents: Byezhin Prairie by Ivan Turgenev The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather The G …
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Charles W Chesnutt: Colonel
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ’free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he id …
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Charles W Chesnutt: Conjure Woman & Other Conjure Tales
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ’free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he id …
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Charles W Chesnutt: House Behind the Cedars
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ’free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he id …
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Charles W Chesnutt: Marrow of Tradition
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ’free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he id …
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Charles W Chesnutt: Wife of His Youth & Other Stories of the Color Line
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ’free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he id …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition (1901), Charles Chesnutt’s second novel, is one of the most prominent entries in the canon of post-bellum, pre-Harlem Black writing. Notable for its fictionalized retelling of …
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Charles W Chesnutt & Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Top 10 Short Stories – The 1890’s – The Americans
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays
In Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays’, readers are immersed in a collection of thought-provoking tales that explore the complexitie …
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Frederick Douglass & Alice Dunbar-Nelson: 7 best short stories – Black Authors
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, a selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and …
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Charles W Chesnutt & Frances E W Harper: Top 10 Short Stories – The African Americans
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass
Charles W. Chesnutt’s ’Frederick Douglass’ is a compelling biography that delves deep into the life and accomplishments of the iconic abolitionist. Chesnutt’s impeccable prose and attention to detail …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The House Behind the Cedars. Illustrated
The House Behind the Cedars story occurs in the southern American states of North and South Carolina a few years following the American Civil War. Rena Walden, a young woman of mixed white and black …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Conjure Woman
The novella, The Conjure Woman, penned by Charles W. Chesnutt, is a groundbreaking work of African-American literature that explores the intersections between folklore and race within a post-Reconstr …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: The Marrow Of Tradition
The Marrow Of Tradition is a novel is complex novel grounded on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina "race riot" of 1898. It was written by African-American wri …
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William Wells Brown & Harriet E. Wilson: The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Befo …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Negro Problem
The Negro Problem is a collection of essays edited by Charles W. Chesnutt and published in 1903. The book explores the complex issues surrounding race and racism in America at the turn of the 20th ce …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass A Biography
"Frederick Douglass: A Biography" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a compelling and insightful account of the life of Frederick Douglass, an influential African-American abolitionist, orator, and …
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Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life in Chains
A Life in Chains is a compelling anthology that threads together the profound narratives of freedom, identity, and resistance through a tapestry of diverse literary forms. This collection spans a ran …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass
The following book is a biography of Frederick Douglass, an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader …
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Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe: Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels
This unique collection of ’LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents’ has been designed and formatted to the highest digital stand …
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Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe: Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels
Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Former Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels is an unparalleled collection that brings together a remarkable range of narratives, documents, and …
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Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe: Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels
Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Former Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels is a seminal collection that captures the diverse experiences of slavery through a broad array of li …
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Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life in Chains
In ’A Life in Chains, ’ readers are presented with an anthology that examines the multifaceted experiences of enslavement and the quest for freedom through a range of literary styles that includes na …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
The stories in The Conjure Woman were Charles W. Chesnutt’s first great literary success, and since their initial publication in 1899 they have come to be seen as some of the most remarkable works of …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt
Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar d …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Conjure Woman (new edition)
* A new Introduction, Foreword and Life & Works Part of a series of classic, often neglected works by black writers. The series gathers together the roots of modern black sci-fi With a Glossary of Go …
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Charles W Chesnutt: Frederick Douglass
This collection of stories by Frederick Douglass where he attempts to compile many of his Autobiography thoughts consolidated in a single draft and offer them at an affordable price so that everyone …
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Charles W Chesnutt: House Behind the Cedars
In "The House Behind the Cedars" by Charles W. Chesnutt, readers are immersed in a compelling narrative set against the backdrop of the Reconstruction era in the American South. Chesnutt, a …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Colonel’s Dream
Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an African American writer, essayist, Civil Rights activist, legal-stenography businessman, and lawyer whose novels and short stories explore race, racism, an …
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Colonel’s Dream
Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an African American writer, essayist, Civil Rights activist, legal-stenography businessman, and lawyer whose novels and short stories explore race, racism, an …
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