Hanover; Or, the Persecution of the Lowly

by Jack Thorne

David Bryant Fulton (1863-1941) was an African American journalist and writer who also wrote as Jack Thorne. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he attended school. In 1887, he moved to New York, finding employment as a porter with the Pullman Palace Car Company. He began his writing career as a correspondent to the Wilmington Record, an African American newspaper. In 1892, he published Recollections of a Sleeping Car Porter, in which he used his pen name Jack Thorne for the first time. His other works Hanover; or, The Persecution of the Lowly (1900), Eagle Clippings (1907) and Plea for Social Justice for the Negro Woman (1912).

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Pseudonym of American author David Bryant Fulton (1863–1941)

For the British playwright born in 1978, see Jack Thorne.

Reviews

[Sam Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I kept turning page by page. Fulton was ahead of his time when writing this piece. This was more than just a retelling of the events that happened in Wilmington in 1898 but the telling of the women who make up the communities around us.

[Tate LaFrenier · Rating 3 out of 5]

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