I really like Chesnutt. He was a mixed author. He stated that he was 7/8’s white but was proud of his African American background. I read his short story The Sheriff’s Children for school in my American Literature class. It was one of the best stories featured in this collection. It’s about a sheriff who realizes the African American person in his jail is his child. I also liked The Wife of his Youth where a dark black woman tells a man a story about how she got sold into slavery but is still looking for the husband that she lost. There’s a cool twist. Also, A Matter of Principle shows hypocrisy well. The Bouquet is a lovely story about a black girl who dearly loves her teacher but can’t attend her funeral because of racism. I never heard of Chesnutt before until this year. He’s not that well known compared to authors like Zora Heale Hurston but he’s worth discovering.
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