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Title: The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and
Selected Essays
Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Release Date: February 12, 2004 [eBook #11057]
Language: English
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The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line,
and Selected Essays
Charles W. Chesnutt
1899



INTRODUCTION

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932)--African-American educator,
lawyer, and activist--was the most prominent black prose author of
his day. In both his fiction and his essays, he addressed the thorny
issues of the "color line" and racism in an outspoken way. Despite
the critical acclaim resulting from several works of fiction and
non-fiction published between 1898 and 1905, he was unable to make a
living as an author.
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