{"product_id":"the-curse-of-caste-or-the-slave-bride-a-rediscovered-african-american-novel-by-julia-c-collins-9780195301601","title":"The Curse of Caste; Or the Slave Bride: A Rediscovered African American Novel by Julia C. Collins","description":"In 1865, \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Recorder\u003c\/em\u003e, the national newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized \u003cem\u003eThe Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 nineteenth-century women's fiction, while its dominant themes of interracial romance, hidden African ancestry, and ambiguous racial identity have parallels in the writings of both black and white authors from the period.\u003cbr\u003eBegun in the waning months of the Civil War, the novel was near its conclusion when Julia Collins died of tuberculosis in November of 1865. In this first-ever book publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride\u003c\/em\u003e, the editors have composed a hopeful and a tragic ending, reflecting two alternatives Collins almost certainly would have considered for the closing of her unprecedented novel. In their introduction, the editors offer the most complete and current research on the life and community of an author who left few traces in the historical record, and provide extensive discussion of her novel's literary and historical significance. Collins's published essays, which provide intriguing glimpses into the mind of this gifted but overlooked writer, are included in what will prove to be the definitive edition of a major new discovery in African American literature. Its publication contributes immensely to our understanding of black American literature, religion, women's history, \u003cbr\u003ecommunity life, and race relations during the era of United States emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3823706\"\u003eJulia C. Collins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.51w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195301601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195301609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/strong\u003e is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English and Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts and Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitch Kachun\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Western Michigan University. He is author of \u003cem\u003eFestivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44442243563757,"sku":"9780195301601","price":30.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_904d6a6e-efef-4ac0-a6d1-ce87104f0d24.jpg?v=1700203248","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-curse-of-caste-or-the-slave-bride-a-rediscovered-african-american-novel-by-julia-c-collins-9780195301601","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}