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Cover of Uncle Tom's Children by Richard Wright

Uncle Tom's Children

1938·185 pages

Historical Fiction

classics short stories

Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the postslavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Published in 1938, this was the first book from Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of the novels Native Son and Black Boy.

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Uncle Tom's Children

Year

1938

Pages

185

Historical Fiction

Tags

classics short stories

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Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the postslavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Published in 1938, this was the first book from Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of the novels Native Son and Black Boy.

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