The Curse of Caste; Or the Slave Bride: A Rediscovered African American Novel by Julia C. Collins

by Julia C. Collins and Julia C. Collins

Book Overview

In 1865, The Christian Recorder, the national newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride, a novel written by Mrs. Julia C. Collins, an African American woman living in the small town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The first novel ever published by a black American woman, it is set in antebellum Louisiana and Connecticut, and focuses on the lives of a beautiful mixed-race mother and daughter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195301609
• ISBN13: 9780195301601
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!

What a wonderful book. This is one to buy for a personal library. It's historical claim of "first novel by an African American woman" is reason enough to purchase a copy, but the book is flat out- a good read. Hollywood, in most cases, destroys a story when put on film, but I too could see this as great film - if done properly (Hello? A & E???). The Editor's Introduction was also well presentated and informative. I found the 'ending' by Ms. Collins just fine. I did not need the alternate endings. I liked imagining what took place from "And I am Happy".

Great addition to library of 19th century work

I loved this book! The editors' notes are particularly interesting and informative--they really help to contextualize the book. The novel is a hoot as well, a real romp through the time period. I can see this as a movie! 5 stars.