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Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem

by Sutton Griggs

Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educated and disciplined black man in the Jim Crow south and his role in a shadow government of black men operated out of a college in Waco, Texas.

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English

Original Language

English

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1899

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Sutton Griggs

United States

Sutton Elbert Griggs was an author, Baptist minister, and social activist. He is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio, a utopian work that envisions a separate African-American state within th...

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