Sutton E. Griggs

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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    Imperium in Imperio (January 2004)
  • Latest Book:
    The Hindered Hand or The Reign of the Repressionist (February 2025)
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Books in Order: 7 titles

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  • The Hindered Hand or The Reign of the Repressionist

  • The Hindered Hand

    The Hindered Hand (1905) is a novel by Sutton E. Griggs. Sutton’s fourth novel is a story of race and identity that explores and critiques the politics of liberalism and assimilation in twentieth century America. Although Griggs’ novels were larg...

  • The Hindered Hand & Imperium in Imperio

  • Overshadowed

    Overshadowed: A Novel (1901) is a novel by Sutton E. Griggs. Published just two years after his debut novel, Overshadowed takes a different angle on the political reality of African Americans than Griggs explored in Imperium in Imperio. Taking an iro...

  • Unfettered

    Unfettered: A Novel (1902) is a novel by Sutton E. Griggs. Sutton’s third novel is a story of violence and forced migration that explores and critiques the politics of liberalism and assimilation in twentieth century America. Although Griggs’ nov...

  • Imperium in Imperio

    A chilling tale of living dystopia in the Jim Crow era and a utopian shadow state that exposes the conflict between loyalty, morality and the forces of poverty, racism and supremacism.Written in 1899, Grigg's moving, terrifying book describes the Jim...

  • The Hindered Hand; Or, The Reign Of The Repressionist

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    Sutton Elbert Griggs (1872-1933) was an African American author, Baptist minister, and social activist. He is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem, a utopian work that envisions a separate African American s...



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Sutton E. Griggs has published 7 books.

Sutton E. Griggs does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Hindered Hand or The Reign of the Repressionist, was published in February 2025.

The first book by Sutton E. Griggs, Imperium in Imperio, was published in January 2004.

No. Sutton E. Griggs does not write books in series.
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