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  1. The Conjure Woman, and The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color LIne by Charles W. Chesnutt
    date 1899map CUMBERLAND, North Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Race-Relations

    Charles W. Chesnutt was born to free blacks in Cleveland, OH in 1858. When he was eight years old his family returned to Fayetteville, NC. He began a teaching career and by 1880, he became the President of the Fayetteville State Normal School for Negroes. While in North Caroline, Chesnutt studied the culture, dialect, and superstitions of southern blacks. In 1883 he returned to Cleveland where he...