Quote by: Madison Smartt Bell

The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race.


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Author Bio


  • NameMadison Smartt Bell
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornAugust 1, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Lillian Smith Book Award