
Adela, The Octoroon is a novel written by Hezekiah Lord Hosmer in 1860. The story is set in Louisiana and follows the life of Adela, a young woman who is one-eighth black and seven-eighths white. Adela is the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and a slave woman, and her mixed-race...

Adela, The Octoroon is a novel written by Hezekiah Lord Hosmer in 1860. The story is set in the southern United States before the Civil War and follows the life of Adela, a young woman of mixed-race heritage. Adela is the daughter of a white plantation owner and a slave woman,...


