A Reflection of the Times: Racial Ideas of the Nineteenth Century in Dunbar’s Lyrics of Lowly Life

By Nerlande Adolphe 

Nerlande Adolphe is a Floridian and Haitian American studying English Literature and Legal Studies. She has aspirations to work in a field related to social advocacy and to become a published novelist. Her favorite ways to decompress are to watch horror films and to read Pride and Prejudice, though she has never had any strong desire to read or watch the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. 

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