Adolphus, a Tale (Anonymous) & the Slave Son: A Tale and the Slave Son (The Caribbean Heritage Series)
Contributors: Bridget Brereton (Contributor); Rhonda Cobham (Contributor); Mary Rimmer (Contributor); Karen Sanchez-Eppler (Contributor); Lise Winer (Editor)
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9789766401337
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Fiction - General; Literary Criticism; Latin America; General; Caribbean & Latin American
First sentence: It was in the year 181-, when slavery with its lengthy tail of many evils, raged through the length and breadth of the West India Colonies; when cowardly oppression in every shape triumphantly domineered; when the badge of a white skin was considered superior to wisdom or virtue; when the barriers of colonial prejudice were raised against the march of progress, that Mr. and Mrs. Romelia landed on the shores of Trinidad.