A Biography and Life Work of Charles Waddell Chesnutt, an African-American Man of Letters (646 words, 2 pages)
Chesnutt, Charles W.1858-1932, Writer.Charles Waddell Chesnutt, an Afro-American man of letters, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 20 June 1858, the son of free blacks who had emigrated from Fayetteville, N.C. When he was eight years old, Chesnutt's parents returned to Fayetteville, where Charles worked part-time in the family grocery ...
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