526 "The Wife of His Youth" by Charles Chesnutt
The History of Literature
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The History of the Blue Veins Society
Mr. Ryder might aptly be called the Dean of the Blue Veins. The original blue veins were a little society of colored persons organized in a certain northern city shortly after the war. Its purpose was to establish and maintain correct social standards among a people whose social condition presented almost unlimited room for improvement. By accident combined perhaps with some natural affinity, the society consisted of individuals who were generally speaking more white than black.
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