Zina: the Slave Girl; or, Which the Traitor? / A Drama in Four Acts

The drama follows a young enslaved woman whose musical talent and longing for dignity clash with brutal treatment and the threat of being sold, while a sympathetic acquaintance seeks to purchase and protect her, creating moral and practical dilemmas about freedom and family obligations. Action shifts between intimate domestic scenes and harsher public encounters with slavetraders, gamblers, guerrilla figures, and military officers, including captivity and rescue episodes. Across four acts the work explores themes of injustice, compassion, honor, and the human cost of slavery through melodramatic situations and moral decision points.