The Chaneysville Incident is a 1981 novel by David Bradley. The novel won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves.
David Bradley's 1981 novel "The Chaneysville Incident" won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The story follows a black historian who investigates two incidents: his father's death and the deaths of twelve enslaved people.