![]() ![]() “A fearful increase of half-whites” does not mean the acceptance of the African race into the American society. This status quo contradicts the very essence of family, which is supposed to unite people into a harmonious whole. Society does not frown upon the man who sits with his mulatto child upon his knee, whilst its mother stands a slave behind his chair” (Brown, 44). As the writer uneasily notes, “there is a fearful increase of half whites, most of whose fathers are slave-owners and their mother’s slaves. ![]() family and has a pernicious impact on the next generations of mixed blood. ![]() Brown’s novel vividly shows that racial discrimination destroys the foundation of the U. However, the latter factors have a multi-faceted influence on family. It exists regardless of political collisions and economic breakdowns. Family is the smallest indivisible unit of any society. The female personages Isabella and Clotel, as the literary critics claim, embody the popular “tragic octoroon” stereotype (Brown, 6). The protagonists of the novel represent three generations of African American women. To be more specific, Brown explores the effect of slavery on the American family, especially in mixed marriage, which produces mulattos and quadroons. ![]()
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