The darker face of the earth
Plantation life
American drama (dramatic works by one author)
Drama (dramatic works by one author)
Afro-Americans
Mothers and sons
Slaves
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Drama
African Americans
History
A play in verse about a white woman who has a black child by a slave in pre-Civil War South Carolina. The author is a Pulitzer Prize winner and is the present U. S. poet laureate. This verse play, based on the story of Oedipus & placed within the context of slavery, is set on a plantation in antebel…
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