19thcentury africanamericanauthors africanamericans africanamericansinliterature americanfiction americanliterature arab-israeliconflict crimesagainst ethnicrelations history historyandcriticism humanbodyinliterature intellectuallife interracialmarriage lawandlegislation literatureandtheconflict miscegenation postcolonialisminliterature raceinliterature racerelations raciallymixedpeople raciallymixedpeopleinliterature sexinliterature sexualabusevictims unitedstates violenceinliterature