Le Mulâtre
... that "Le Mulâtre" (The Mulatto) by Victor Séjour of New Orleans, published in 1837, is the earliest known short story by an African-American writer?
... that "<b id="mwB-Q"><a href="./Le_Mulâtre" id="mwB-U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Le Mulâtre">Le Mulâtre</a></b>" (The Mulatto) by <a href="./Victor_Séjour" id="mwB-Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Victor Séjour">Victor Séjour</a> <i id="mwB-c">(pictured)</i> of <a href="./New_Orleans" id="mwB-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, published in 1837, is the earliest known <a href="./Short_story" id="mwB-k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Short story">short story</a> by an <a href="./African-American_literature" id="mwB-o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African-American literature">African-American writer</a>?