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The Marrow of Tradition is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell) (1858–1932).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Marrow of Tradition" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1901. Set in the fictional town of Wellington, it portrays the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection, when white supremacists violently overthrew a legitimately elected government. The story follows interweaving plots across racial lines: a newspaper owner conspiring to seize political control, a Black physician facing Jim Crow segregation, half-sisters divided by race, and a son seeking revenge for his father's murder. All converge in election-day violence that forces each character toward a reckoning.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Marrow of Tradition
- Author credits: Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell) (1858–1932)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Riots -- Fiction
- Wilmington (N.C.) -- Fiction
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- African American Writers
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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