In 1865, The Christian Recorder, the national newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride, a novel written by Mrs. Julia C. Collins, an African American woman living in the small town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The first novel ever published by a black American woman, it is set in antebellum Louisiana and Connecticut, and focuses on the lives of a beautiful mixed-race mother and daughter whose opportunities for fulfillment through love and marriage are threatened by slavery and caste prejudice. The text shares much with popular...
In 1865, The Christian Recorder, the national newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride, ...
Patricia, Julia, Claudia and Ann lost their husbands who worked at the World Trade Center. In the dark days following September 11th, 2001, the four came together and found comfort in each other. This book is a shared memoir of four marriages, of how these
Patricia, Julia, Claudia and Ann lost their husbands who worked at the World Trade Center. In the dark days following September 11th, 2001, the four c...
