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Drums at dusk

by Unknown Author

280 pages2009Louisiana State University PressISBN 9780807134399
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Drums at Dusk is a story of love, violence, and race set at the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791. The novel explores the complex web of tensions connecting wealthy plantation owners, poor whites, free people of color, and the slaves who stunned the colony and the globe by uniting in a carefully planned uprising.

Publication Details

Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Published
2009
Pages
280
ISBN
9780807134399

About Unknown Author

Arna Wendell Bontemps was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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