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Hagar's Daughteris Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's first serial novel, published in the Boston-based Colored American Magazine(1901-02). The novel features concealed and mistaken identities, dramatic revelations, and extraordinary plot twists, including a high-profile murder trial,... Read Full Overview

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice (1901-1902) is a novel by African American author Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. Originally published in The Colored American Magazine, America's first monthly periodical covering African American arts and culture,... Read Full Overview

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice (1901-1902) is a novel by African American author Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. Originally published in The Colored American Magazine, America's first monthly periodical covering African American arts and culture,... Read Full Overview

Hagar's Daughter

A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice

By Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 - August 13, 1930) was a prominent African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered a pioneer... Read Full Overview

The wife of a rich white landowner, Hagar is happily married. But she has a secret: her past conceals a drop of black' blood and although she knows her husband loves her deeply, she fears that knowledge of her origin would kill all desire in him. Set in America in 1880, at a... Read Full Overview