On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Written by
Chesnutt, Charles W., American, 1858 - 1932
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, American, founded 1880
Printed by
Riverside Press, American, 1852 - 1971
Date
1901
Medium
ink on paper with silver leaf and cloth
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 1 5/16 in. (20 × 13 × 3.4 cm)
Description
This hardcover book is a first edition, first printing of The Marrow of Tradition, a novel by Charles Chesnutt. The novel presents a fictional account of the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898. The book has a yellow cloth binding. The front cover features the title, [The Marrow / of / Tradition], printed in black in an inverted, black triangle at the top center with a silver floral design at the tip of the triangle. The author's name is in black text, [CHARLES W. CHESNUTT], centered at the base of the book cover. The spine text is all printed in black type. The text along the top third of the spine reads, [The / Marrow / of / Tradition]. The author's name [CHARLES W. / CHESNUTT], is embossed on the center of the spine and the name of the publishers [HOUGHTON / MIFFLIN CO] is printed across the bottom of the spine. At the top, bottom and area between the text of the spine are black and silver lines. At the center of the spine is a silver floral motif. The back cover of the book is blank. The book is three hundred and twenty-nine (329) pages and includes a title page and contents pages.
Place printed
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
hardcover books
Topic
American South
Literature
Race discrimination
Race relations
Race riots
Segregation
U.S. History, 1865-1921
Violence
White supremacy movements
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.75
Restrictions & Rights
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e976e50e-d43a-49f9-9481-0e654b16bd91

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