This serialized novel by Pauline Hopkins was published in the November 1902, December 1902 and January 1903 issues of The Colored American Magazine. It follows Reuel Briggs, an African American man of mixed ethnic heritages, as he travels from the United States to Ethiopia in search of treasure and adventure. In Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self, Hopkins explores issues of identity, trauma, love, and spirituality as experienced and perceived by members of the African American community. - Summary by Novella Serena