Title: Rachel
Subtitle: a play in three acts.
Description: The only completed play by Grimké, Rachel focuses on the social problem of racism, but it offers no solution. In it, a young African-American woman rejects marriage and maternity because she is unwilling to bring more children into a world that will persecute them.
Subjects: African Americans, Drama, African American women, Family relationships, Racism, Motherhood, American drama