![]() ![]() After the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 and the subsequent abolition of slavery, Queen was cast out. The novel recounts Queen's anguished early years as a slave girl, longing to know who her father was, and how it gradually dawned on her that he was her master. The noted author Alex Haley (1921–1992) was the grandson of Queen, the illegitimate and unacknowledged daughter of James "Jass" Jackson III (the son of a friend, but not a relative, of Andrew Jackson) and his slave, Easter. It brought back to the consciousness of many white Americans the plight of the children of the plantation: the offspring of black slave women and their white masters, who were legally the property of their fathers.Ī miniseries adaptation called Alex Haley's Queen and starring Halle Berry in the title role aired on CBS on February 14, 1993. Queen: The Story of an American Family is a 1993 partly factual historical novel by Alex Haley and David Stevens. Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found. For the TV series, see Alex Haley's Queen. ![]()
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