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First edition (publ. Amistad) Wench: A Novel is the 2010 debut novel of American author Dolen Perkins-Valdez.It explores the lives of four young, enslaved women of color, who are mistresses of their wealthy white masters, men of the South, and who spend summers at Tawawa House, a resort in the free state of Ohio.
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Beloved begins in 1873 in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman, and her 18-year-old daughter, Denver, who live at 124 Bluestone Road.The site has been haunted for years by what they believe is the ghost of Sethe's eldest daughter.
This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
The John P. Parker House is a historic house museum at 300 North Front Street in Ripley, Ohio. It was home to former slave and inventor John P. Parker (1827–1900) from 1853 to his death in 1900. Parker was an abolitionist and a well-documented conductor on the Underground Railroad , helping hundreds of escaped slaves. [ 3 ]
Novels about slavery, the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor. Slavery typically involves compulsory work with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage.
Winesburg, Ohio (full title: Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life) is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson.The work is structured around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man.
The scene of the death of Aunt Phillis as a Christianized slave became a frequent cliché among the later anti-Tom novels. Other novels that feature slaves' dying as converted Christians include: Frank Freeman's Barber Shop by Baynard Rush Hall (1852), [8] and Uncle Robin, in His Cabin in Virginia, and Tom Without One in Boston by J. W. Page ...