The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays
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CONTENTSThe Wife of His YouthHer Virginia MammyThe Sheriff's ChildrenA Matter of PrincipleCicely's DreamThe Passing of GrandisonUncle Wellington's WivesThe BouquetThe Web of CircumstanceAPPENDIXThree Essays on the Color Line:What is a White Man? (1889)The Future American (1900)The Disfranchisement of the Negro (1903)The Wife of His YouthIMr. Ryder was going to give a ball. There were several reasons why this was an opportune time for such an event.Mr. Ryder might aptly be called the dean of the Blue Veins. The original Blue Veins were a little society of colored persons organized in a certain ...
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