Elsie B. Martinez tells the story of Henriette Delille, a free woman of color in antebellum New Orleans who defied her family's expectations to devote her life to the enslaved, the sick, and the poor — and became the first African American candidate for Catholic canonization.
Born in 1812, Delille resisted the path her family laid out for her as the mistress of a white man. Instead, she founded a religious community for women of color and spent her life in service to those society had cast aside. This middle-reader historical novel brings her remarkable story to life while offering a vivid portrait of the free people of color in New Orleans and the city's singular culture in the nineteenth century.
- Elsie B. Martinez, Author
- Published in 2010
- Hardback
- Published by Pelican Publishing
- ISBN: 9781589808393
- 200 pages
Elsie B. Martinez tells the story of Henriette Delille, a free woman of color in antebellum New Orleans who defied her family's expectations to devote her life to the enslaved, the sick, and the poor — and became the first African American candidate for Catholic canonization.
Born in 1812, Delille resisted the path her family laid out for her as the mistress of a white man. Instead, she founded a religious community for women of color and spent her life in service to those society had cast aside. This middle-reader historical novel brings her remarkable story to life while offering a vivid portrait of the free people of color in New Orleans and the city's singular culture in the nineteenth century.
- Elsie B. Martinez, Author
- Published in 2010
- Hardback
- Published by Pelican Publishing
- ISBN: 9781589808393
- 200 pages