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I N D E X| 239 | African American Creoles, 59, 66–70 African Americans: and color prejudice within the race, 64–65, 92, 206n. 87; courtship and marriage, 8, 78–80, 81–83, 120, 148, 150–152, 156–157, 176, 179; and education after slavery, 57–58; etiquette books, 202nn. 17, 20, 204n. 39; middle-class society, 46–47; race relations, 14–15, 177; romantic love, 11; and sexuality, 9, 143, 158–162; spousal abuse, 9, 19, 153–154; teachers, 60, 126; weddings, 138–140; women, 28; women writers, 87 “Alice,” 89, 205n. 77 Anthony, Susan B., 168, 177 “At Night,” 21 “Banjo Song, A,” 37 “Bashy,” 92 “Brass Ankles Speaks,” 58, 64–65 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert, 2, 3, 158 Burns, Lugenia. See Hope, John, and Lugenia Burns Cable, George Washington, 62, 66–67 Candle-Lightin’ Time, 181n. 3 Chesnutt, Charles, 76, 92, 93, 96–97, 130, 142 Christian Gentleman, 82 Colored Girl Beautiful, The, 47, 63 “Colored Soldiers, The,” 25 Companionate marriage, 146–147 Conjugal violence, 162–163, 220n. 59 Cooper, Anna Julia, 46–47 Coppin, Fanny Jackson, 156–157 Creoles. See African American Creoles Dayton, Ohio, 15 Dayton Tattler, 34 “Death Song, A,” 171, 172 “Decision, The,” 153, 173, 201n. 3 “Dely,” 64, 72 Divorce, 78, 148–150 Douglass, Frederick, 1, 2, 30, 100, 118 Du Bois, W. E. B., 78, 109, 130, 151, 159–160 Dunbar, Alice Moore: academic life, 58–60, 198n. 76; birth, 52; and Henry Arthur Callis, 174; childhood, 10, 49–50, 56; and Creole society, 66; death, 175; description of, 2, 3, 44, 48, 61; and Paul Laurence Dunbar, as African American role models, 1, 2; and Paul Laurence Dunbar, sex life, 8, 141–142, 162, 164–165; eloped with Paul Laurence Dunbar, 74, 140–241, 144–145, 154, 157–158; end of marriage, 168–170; engagement to Paul Laurence Dunbar, 110–114, 117–127, 145; life after Paul Laurence Dunbar, 172–174; literature by, 3, 45, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 58, 61, 62, 64–65, 71–72, 87, 94, 111, 113, 146, 173, 174, 183n. 11, 193nn. 3, 7, 194nn. 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 195n. 30, 196n. 33, 197n. 53, 199n. 89, 201nn. 3, 4, 208n. 148; marriage to Paul Laurence Dunbar, 2, 3, 146–149, 152–153, 173; as moral guardian, 123–125; and Robert Nelson, 174; parents, 52–56; race in the literature of, 71–72, 200n. 119; racial ambivalence of, 62–67, 70–72, 176–177; rape of 4, 11, 130–131, 133–138; reaction to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s death, 172; relationship with Matilda Dunbar, 25–26, 128–129; relationship with mother, Patsy Wright Moore, 56–57; reputation of, 44–45; and romantic love, 3; on “race” and dialect literature, 86–87; self concept , 44, 49; spousal abuse, 1, 4, 153, 164–169, 173 Dunbar, Elizabeth Florence, 20, 32 Dunbar, Joshua: childhood, 18; death, 23; divorce from Matilda Dunbar, 20; early Dunbar, Joshua (continued) life, 23–25; as family provider, 19; mental health of, 18, 22; as parent, 20–21; relationship with Matilda Dunbar, 14, 18–22; relationship with Paul Laurence Dunbar, 17, 20 Dunbar, Matilda: divorce from Joshua Dunbar, 20; early life, 26–27; as family provider, 19, 28; marriage to Joshua Dunbar, 17; as parent, 21, 29; relationship with Joshua Dunbar, 14, 18–21; relationship with Paul Laurence Dunbar, 13, 20, 25, 29–32, 127–128; slave marriage , 26–27 Dunbar, Paul Laurence: abuse of Alice Moore Dunbar, 1, 4, 148, 152–153; academic life, 33–35, 192n. 98; and Rebekah Baldwin, 103–107, 141; birth, 17; childhood, 10, 13–17, 20–21, 29, 32; and Maud Clark, 102; death, 5, 11, 171– 172; defense of dialect literature, 85; description of, 41–43; and Alice Moore Dunbar, as African American role models , 1, 2; and Alice Moore Dunbar, sex life, 8, 141–142, 162, 164; early struggles , 35–38, 94–95; eloped with Alice Ruth Moore, 74, 140–141, 144–145, 154, 157–158; employment at the Library of Congress, 126–127; end of marriage , 168–170; engagement to Alice Ruth Moore, 110–113; fame, 2, 107– 109, 182n. 6; first dialect poem, 37; in Great Britain, 126; and heavy drinking, 94–96, 125, 170–171; lavish lifestyle, 127–128; life after Alice Moore Dunbar, 4–5, 169–171; literature by, 2, 13, 18, 22, 23–24, 25, 31, 33, 36–39, 41, 42, 64, 72, 74, 84–85, 89, 93, 100, 105, 107, 108, 119, 121, 126, 146, 147, 152, 153...

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