The Boucicault, Dion 1820-1890 creator text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Octoroon; or, Life in Louisiana. A Play in Five acts" by Dion Boucicault is a play that opened in 1859. Set on a failing Louisiana plantation, it tells the story of George Peyton, who falls in love with Zoe, an enslaved woman of mixed race. Their romance faces insurmountable legal and social barriers in the antebellum South. When the villain McClosky commits murder to seize the property and claim Zoe for himself, tragedy unfolds. This anti-slavery melodrama sparked fierce debates about abolition and theatrical politics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octoroon Release date is 2014-06-24 Produced by Roger Burch, from scans obtained from the Internet Archive Original publication data not identified Love -- Drama Louisiana -- Drama Slavery -- Drama Enslaved persons -- Drama Plantations -- Drama Racially mixed women -- Drama PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46091 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46091 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134046.0 46091