The Feast of All Saints
Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free...
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Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free People of Color--men and women caught periolously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain."Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere....She makes us believe everything she sees."THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345376046 (0345376048)
ASIN: 0345376048
Publish date: 1992-01-28
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
This book made me understand colourism in Black society a bit more. Very interesting book, though it took me about 200 pages to really get into it
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