Not in Library Want to Read 1 2 3 4 5 Review Notes Check nearby libraries Buy this book Better World Books Amazon More When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission. Dominique is Assistant Professor of Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Critical Race Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC. The woman of colour (2008 edition) Open Library The woman of colour Anonymous edited by Lyndon J. The appendices, which include contemporary reviews of the novel, historical documents on race and inheritance in Jamaica, and examples of other women of colour in early British prose fiction, will further inspire readers to rethink issues of race, gender, class, and empire from an African woman's perspective. Dominique, Assistant Professor of English Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania The Woman of Colour is a unique literary account of a black heiress’ life immediately after the abolition of the British slave trade. The narrative follows her life from the heights of her arranged marriage to its swift descent into annulment and destitution, only to culminate in her resurrection as a self-proclaimed 'widow' who flouts the conventional marriage plot. Written by: Anonymous Edited by: Lyndon J. She gives scathing descriptions of London, Bristol, and the British, as well as progressive critiques of race, racism, and slavery.

As Olivia decides between these two conflicting possibilities, her letters recount her impressions of Britain and its inhabitants as only a black woman could record them. On the possibility and reasons for such literary cross-gender (male to female) writing, see Raven, The Anonymous Novel, 145. It was thanks to the generosity of Grizel Niven and the anonymous. Olivia Fairfield, the biracial heroine and orphaned daughter of a slaveholder, must travel from Jamaica to England, and as a condition of her father's will either marry her Caucasian first cousin or become dependent on his mercenary elder brother and sister-in-law. It is recast in a slightly different colour bronze each year, so that each Bessie is unique. The Woman of Colour : Anonymous : Broadview Press : A Tale : : 268 : USD 23. The Woman of Colour is a unique literary account of a black heiress' life immediately after the abolition of the British slave trade.

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