The Conquest

Oscar Micheaux (1884 - 1951)

"This is the true story of a negro who was discontented and the circumstances that were the outcome of that discontent." While considered a novel, this largely autobiographical story is based on the author's experience as an African-American pioneer in South Dakota. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Discontent--Spirit of the Pioneer Geoff Blanchard
00:15:48
Play 02 Leaving Home--A Maiden Dr. Lyndon
00:12:47
Play 03 Chicago, Chasing a Will-O-The-Wisp Geoff Blanchard
00:17:45
Play 04 The P-----n Company PhyllisV
00:29:10
Play 05 ''Go West Young Man'' PhyllisV
00:11:53
Play 06 ''And Where is Oristown?'' PhyllisV
00:12:26
Play 07 Oristown, the ''Little Crow'' Reservation Geoff Blanchard
00:10:46
Play 08 Far Down the Pacific--The Proposal larryhayes7
00:10:40
Play 09 The Return--Ernest Nicholson Dr. Lyndon
00:03:37
Play 10 The Oklahoma Grafter Dr. Lyndon
00:09:19
Play 11 Dealin' in Mules Kathrine Engan
00:11:22
Play 12 The Homesteaders Kathrine Engan
00:09:16
Play 13 Imaginations Run Amuck larryhayes7
00:06:54
Play 14 The Surveyors PhyllisV
00:19:22
Play 15 ''Which Town Will the R.R. Strike?'' PhyllisV
00:08:44
Play 16 Megory's Day PhyllisV
00:18:30
Play 17 Ernest Nicholson's Return PhyllisV
00:11:03
Play 18 Comes Stanley, the Chief Engineer PhyllisV
00:05:16
Play 19 In the Valley of the Keya Paha PhyllisV
00:11:33
Play 20 The Outlaw's Last Stand larryhayes7
00:03:59
Play 21 The Boom PhyllisV
00:12:59
Play 22 The President's Proclamation KevinS
00:04:17
Play 23 Where the Negro Fails PhyllisV
00:11:46
Play 24 And the Crowds Did Come--The Prairie Fire KevinS
00:08:23
Play 25 The Scotch Girl Geoff Blanchard
00:18:45
Play 26 The Battle PhyllisV
00:07:49
Play 27 The Sacrifice--Race Loyalty PhyllisV
00:14:48
Play 28 The Breeds Rita Boutros
00:12:40
Play 29 In the Valley of the Dog Ear BettyB
00:06:58
Play 30 Ernest Nicholson Takes a Hand Rita Boutros
00:12:22
Play 31 The McCralilnes Rita Boutros
00:14:37
Play 32 A Long Night Rita Boutros
00:12:19
Play 33 The Survival of the Fittest KevinS
00:13:07
Play 34 East of State Street PhyllisV
00:34:00
Play 35 An Uncrowned King PhyllisV
00:14:32
Play 36 A Snake in the Grass Geoff Blanchard
00:16:39
Play 37 The Progressives and the Reactionaries PhyllisV
00:28:08
Play 38 Sanctimonious Hypocrisy Geoff Blanchard
00:12:17
Play 39 Beginning of the End PhyllisV
00:13:42
Play 40 The Mennonites larryhayes7
00:07:15
Play 41 The Drouth PhyllisV
00:20:15
Play 42 A Year of Coincidences BettyB
00:05:01
Play 43 ''And Satan Came Also'' PhyllisV
00:30:30