
The Sheriff's Children is a novel written by Charles W. Chesnutt. The story is set in the late 19th century in a small town in North Carolina. The main character of the novel is a young African American girl named Rena Walden. Rena is the daughter of the sheriff of the town,...

The Sheriff's Children is a novel by Charles W. Chesnutt, first published in 1897. The story is set in the post-Civil War South and centers around the lives of two children, Rena and Frank, who are the mixed-race offspring of a white sheriff and his black mistress. The novel...


The Sheriff's Children is a novel written by Charles W. Chesnutt. The story is set in the post-Civil War era and revolves around the lives of two biracial children, Tom and Lucy, who are the offspring of a former slave and a white plantation owner. The children are raised by...