Jean Baptiste, a young Black man, stakes a claim on the Rosebud country of South Dakota and works to build a farm among white settlers. His love for a white neighbour, a marriage within his own community and a scheming preacher father-in-law test him severely, in a story drawn largely from Micheaux’s own homesteading years.
The novel Micheaux adapted as his first film, a landmark of early African American literature and cinema. Download the free EPUB.