Madame Delphine - George Washington Cable

By George Washington Cable

Release Date: 1925-01-01

Genre: Law

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Sentimental evocation of a long gone era in New Orleans when it was common, even expected that white men of substance would maintain a mulatto, quadroon, or octaroon mistress but marriage between whites and blacks (of any category) was illegal.

Madame Delphine - George Washington Cable

By George Washington Cable

Release Date: 1925-01-01

Genre: Law

(0 ratings)
Sentimental evocation of a long gone era in New Orleans when it was common, even expected that white men of substance would maintain a mulatto, quadroon, or octaroon mistress but marriage between whites and blacks (of any category) was illegal.

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