Episodi

  • 010 - The Web of Circumstance

    010 - The Web of Circumstance
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    40 min
  • 009 - The Bouquet

    009 - The Bouquet
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    26 min
  • 008 - Uncle Wellington's Wives Chapters III IV

    008 - Uncle Wellington's Wives Chapters III IV
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    28 min
  • 007 - Uncle Wellington's Wives Chapters I II

    007 - Uncle Wellington's Wives Chapters I II
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    53 min
  • 006 - The Passing of Grandison

    006 - The Passing of Grandison
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    41 min
  • 005 - Cicely's Dream

    005 - Cicely's Dream
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    45 min
  • 004 - A Matter of Principle

    004 - A Matter of Principle
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    47 min
  • 003 - The Sheriff's Children

    003 - The Sheriff's Children
    Feb 17 2026
    Originally published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a powerful collection of narratives that delves into the profound effects of Jim Crow laws on both African Americans and white Americans in the South. Charles W. Chesnutts characters, often of mixed-race heritage, navigate a world that subjects them to a unique and dehumanizing treatment from both blacks and whites. These poignant stories explore how the legacy of slavery and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction shaped life in the South, revealing the desperate attempts of some to revive the decaying remnants of an antebellum caste system that no longer held sway over the nations future. (Introduction by James K. White).
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    43 min