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Accused of murdering her father after he discovered her mixed racial heritage, Talma Gordon is put on trial. Facing vicious threats of violence from her white neighbors, Talma is left with little hope of defending herself and restoring her once flawless reputation. Talma Gordon, a pioneering murder mystery, is a short story by Pauline E. Hopkins.

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Reproduction of the original.

Sappho Clark--beautiful, mysterious, Southern--arrives in Boston to earn her living as a stenographer. She lodges with the Smith family and immediately becomes a source of fascination to the them: Ma Smith is impressed by Sappho's financial independence, Dora Smith admires Sappho's quiet self-possession, and Will Smith, Dora's brother, falls madly in love with Sappho. But as Sappho enters the Smiths' community, it becomes clear that her beauty...

Charles Montfort, a planter from Bermuda, moves with his family and slaves to North Carolina. There, he plans to free his slaves, drawing condemnation from his neighbors and risking violent retaliation. When a rumor spreads regarding his wife’s ancestry, Montfort suspects Anson Pollack, a former friend, of planning to dispossess him. Contending Forces is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

On an island in the middle of Lake Erie, White Eagle lives with his African American wife. On the outskirts of Baltimore, Ellis Enson falls in love with heiress Hagar Sargeant. Charles Montfort, a planter from Bermuda, moves with his family and slaves to North Carolina. The Essential Pauline E. Hopkins collects the stories and novels of an iconic American writer.

On the outskirts of Baltimore, Ellis Enson falls in love with heiress Hagar Sargeant. After their wedding, they establish a prosperous home together and look forward to the birth of their first child. When a man from Hagar’s past arrives unexpectedly, their lives are changed forever. Hagar’s Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

Struggling in his studies at a Boston medical school, Reuel Briggs finds himself overwhelmed with stress. Trying to raise his spirits, he attends a concert and meets the beautiful Dianthe Lusk. Later that evening, Reuel encounters a spirit who looks just like Dianthe, setting in motion a tale of magic and murder. Of One Blood is a novel by Pauline E. Hopkins.

As white settlers moved westward across North America, they not only displaced the indigenous population, but brought into contact peoples from opposite ends of Earth. On an island in the middle of Lake Erie, White Eagle lives with his African American wife. Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

Talma Gordon (1900) is a short story by Pauline E. Hopkins. Recognized as the first African American mystery story, Talma Gordon was originally published in the October 1900 edition of The Colored American Magazine, America's first monthly periodical covering African American arts and culture. Combining themes of racial identity and passing with a locked room mystery plot, Hopkins weaves a masterful tale of conspiracy, suspicion, and murder. "...

Struggling in his studies at a Boston medical school, Reuel Briggs finds himself overwhelmed with stress. Trying to raise his spirits, he attends a concert and meets the beautiful Dianthe Lusk. Later that evening, Reuel encounters a spirit who looks just like Dianthe, setting in motion a tale of magic and murder. Of One Blood is a novel by Pauline E. Hopkins.

Charles Montfort, a planter from Bermuda, moves with his family and slaves to North Carolina. There, he plans to free his slaves, drawing condemnation from his neighbors and risking violent retaliation. When a rumor spreads regarding his wife’s ancestry, Montfort suspects Anson Pollack, a former friend, of planning to dispossess him. Contending Forces is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

On an island in the middle of Lake Erie, White Eagle lives with his African American wife. On the outskirts of Baltimore, Ellis Enson falls in love with heiress Hagar Sargeant. Charles Montfort, a planter from Bermuda, moves with his family and slaves to North Carolina. The Essential Pauline E. Hopkins collects the stories and novels of an iconic American writer.

As white settlers moved westward across North America, they not only displaced the indigenous population, but brought into contact peoples from opposite ends of Earth. On an island in the middle of Lake Erie, White Eagle lives with his African American wife. Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

On the outskirts of Baltimore, Ellis Enson falls in love with heiress Hagar Sargeant. After their wedding, they establish a prosperous home together and look forward to the birth of their first child. When a man from Hagar’s past arrives unexpectedly, their lives are changed forever. Hagar’s Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice is a novel by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

In Contending Forces (1900), her best-known novel and her only work of fiction published in book form during her lifetime, Pauline Hopkins uses the conventions of the sentimental romance as she seeks to encourage social change.

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