By C. T. Smith Nearly a century after his death, the writings of Charles W. Chesnutt are experiencing a resurgence in popularity among scholars and avid readers. Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born free in 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was reared with access to more resources than most of his free and enslaved black counterparts. […]
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