"Of One Blood" is the last of four novels written by Pauline
Hopkins. She is considered by some to be "the most prolific
African-American woman writer and the most influential literary
editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, though she is
one of the lesser known literary figures of the much lauded Harlem
Renaissance. "Of One Blood" first appeared in serial form in
"Colored American Magazine" in the November and December 1902 and
the January 1903 issues of the publication, during the four-year
period that Hopkins served as its editor.
Hopkins tells the story of Reuel Briggs, a medical student
who
couldn't care less about being black and appreciating African
history, but finds himself in Ethiopia on an archeological trip.
His motive is to raid the country of lost treasures -- which he
does find in the ancient land. However, he discovers much more than
he bargained for: the painful truth about blood, race, and the half
of his history that was never told. Hopkins wrote the novel
intending, in her own words, to "raise the stigma of degradation
from [the Black] race." The title, "Of One Blood," refers to the
biological kinship of all human beings.
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