Gustave de Beaumont’s 1835 work, Marie, or Slavery in the United States is a fascinating essay on race interwoven with a novel. It is the story of socially forbidden love between an idealistic young Frenchman and an apparently white American woman with African ancestry. The couple repeatedly face racial prejudice and eventually seek shelter among exiled Cherokee people. | Marie or Slavery in the United States by Gustave Beaumont, Paperback | Indigo Chapters