The Quest of the Silver Fleece
Synopsis
Set in Alabama and Washington, D.C., in the early part of the twentieth century, W. E. B. Du Bois's first novel weaves the themes of racial equality and understanding through the stark reality of prejudice and bias. Du Bois addresses the fact that, despite the legal emancipation of African Americans, the instruments of oppression, in both the economy and government, remained in good working order. At the time he was writing, powerful white industrialists controlled the cotton industry, the "silver fleece" that depended, as it did during slavery, on the physical labor of African Americans.
- Copyright:
- 1911 A.C. McClurg & Co
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780486460222
- Publisher:
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 2009-08-25T21:32:24Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.