| The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden - 1865-1900 | |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Dixon |
| Illustrator | C. D. Williams |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page & Co. |
| Publication date | 1902 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 12852953 |
Illustration from The Leopard's Spots. The caption reads "I'll kill the first ******* that crosses that line."
The Leopard's Spots is the first novel of Thomas Dixon's Ku Klux Klan trilogy that included The Clansman and The Traitor.[1] In the novel Dixon offers an account of Reconstruction in which he portrays the villains as a former slave driver, Northern carpetbaggers and emancipated slaves; and heroes as members of the Ku Klux Klan.[citation needed]
Characters[]
Charles Gaston - A man who dreams of making it to the Governor's Mansion
Sallie Worth - A daughter of the old-fashioned South
Gen. Daniel Worth - Sallie Worth's father
Mrs. Worth - Sallie's mother
The Rev. John Durham - A preacher who threw his life away
Tom Camp - A Confederate soldier
Flora - Tom's daughter
Simon Legree - Ex-slave driver and Reconstruction leader
Allan Mcleod - A scalawag (Union sympathizer)
Everett Lowell - Member of Congress from Boston
Helen Lowell - Everett's daughter
Major Stuart Dameron - Head of the Ku Klux Klan
Hose Norman - poor white man
Hon. Tim Shelby - Political Boss
George Harris, Jr - An educated Negro
References[]
- ↑ Andrew Leitner, "Thomas Dixon, Jr.: Conflicts in History and Literature", Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina, accessed 12 Jun 2008
External links[]
- Full text of The Leopard's Spots, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina
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