Stanton White: A Romance of the New South

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 29, 2024

In Category - Literary Fiction, Published 1900 onward, Culture & Heritage Fiction

Authors: Asa Zadel Hall In Year : 1905

Book Language: English

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Dedication and Forward
Chapter I, The Attack
Chapter II, The Flight
Chapter III, Recaptured
Chapter IV, School Days
Chapter V, A Distinguished Visitor
Chapter VI, Florida, Ho!
Chapter VII, A Day In St. Augustine
Chapter VIII, Halifax By The Sea
Chapter IX, Camp Life
Chapter X, Plantation Life
Chapter XI, Hunting the Alligator
Chapter XII, Shadows
Chapter XIII, Gleams From the Darkness
Chapter XIV, Lead, Kindly Light
Chapter XV, A Plantation Meeting House
Chapter XVI, The Great Campaign
Chapter XVII, News From the Front
Chapter XVIII, The Poisoned Melon
Chapter XIX, To The Storm-Center
Chapter XX, A Changed Program
Chapter XXI, The Mass Meeting
Chapter XXII, For The New South

In this tome the Northern narrator, Harold Edson, visits the American South with his college friend, Stanton White, in order to study first hand the social conditions of African Americans during the post-reconstruction era. Edson describes encounters with racist whites whose attacks on African Americans are vicious and unrepentant.

This narrative reflects primitive ideas about race that prevailed in the 19th century United States--above and below the Mason-Dixon--and a level of ignorance that, to a 21st century listener, may be difficult to fully appreciate. But in fact, many of the notions Hall visits in the text continue to echo today reminding us that race has always been a foundation upon which this country was built. (Summary by James K. White)