The play was reviewed in the Indianapolis Freeman in April 1893. The reviewer expressed some displeasure that Easton had not chosen a subject from American history, writing:… we sincerely hope … the splendid inspiring example set by Mr. Easton being emulated, will yet give us from the pen of some one of our many brilliant and growing crop of race writers, a drama purely American …The Freeman later offered its readers a copy of Dessalines as part of a holiday promotion. Albion W. Tourgée reportedly stated at the time that Dessalines was "the highest evidence of literary culture thus far produced by an American negro". Christophe Christophe, reportedly written for Davis, was staged in New York and Los Angeles in spring 1912. In New York, it opened at the Lenox Casino in Harlem, at 102 West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue (now known as Malcolm X Boulevard). Besides Davis, cast members included R. Henri Strange, Lawrence Chenault, Frederick Douglass Hogan, Otis Sherman, and Blanche DeForrest. Proceeds from the New York staging went to a provisional Black regiment of the New York National Guard commanded by Charles W. Fillmore. Notes Sources Further reading External links 1861 births 1936 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century African-American writers African-American dramatists and playwrights People from New Bedford, Massachusetts Writers from Los Angeles African-American Catholics