Gwendolyn R. Morris
Historical Accuracy vs. Historical Assumptions:
I wanted to explain a few things about the black/white
issue in NUBIAN PASSION. Before the Atlantic slave trade
began its full operation, race was not really a factor in
the world. Differences were based more on culture, not
race. African women socialized freely in Europe, normally
in aristocratic circles before the Atlantic slave trade,
though there were not very many African women on the
continent. A few did marry European aristocrats.
I purposely chose these periods to write about as a history
lesson depicting how things were before race became an
issue in the world. Thus, the race issue is not addressed
in my stories because it was not a very relevant issue
during the periods about which I wrote. I only addressed it
mildly in Butterfly because it was an issue with BAND.
Since Butterfly took place in the future, I hoped to show
that race had become irrelevant to a romantic relationship.
In GrayEyes, I mentioned race because it was part of the
basis of the story. Slaves/servants came in all colors
during most of history, it was not merely based upon a
black/white situation.
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