Marrow of Tradition (eBook)

Charles W. Chesnutt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
Belt Publishing (Verlag)
9781948742351 (ISBN)

Infos

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 rampaged through the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina. In a violent reaction to the political power gained by African Americans during Reconstruction, the mob killed as many as sixty citizens, overthrew elected leaders, and installed a white supremacist government. The Wilmington Insurrection also known as the Wilmington Race Riots and the Wilmington Massacre was the only successful coup d'etat on American soil. The Marrow of Tradition is a fictionalized account of this important yet overlooked event. Charles W. Chesnutt, a North Carolina native and America's first black professional writer, narrates the story of "e;Wellington"e; North Carolina through the eyes of William Miller, a Black doctor, and his wife, Janet, who is both Black and the unclaimed daughter of a prominent white businessman. With these and dozens of other characters, including a Black domestic servant whose speech is rendered in vernacular dialect, Chesnutt conjures a nuanced portrait of Reconstruction a turbulent time of historic progress and vicious backlash.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Belt Revivals
• Einführung: Wiley Cash
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: african american writers • black writers • Cleveland authors • coup in America • novels about white supremacy • novels by African Americans • race riots • US coups • white supremacy • Wilmington • Wilmington race riots
• ISBN-13: 9781948742351 / 9781948742351