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- Suck on the Marrow
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Suck on the Marrow is a historical narrative, revolving around six main characters and set in mid-19th century Virginia and Philadelphia. The book traces the experiences of fugitive slaves, kidnapped Northern-born blacks, and free people of color, exploring the interdependence between plantation life and life in Northern and Southern American towns and illuminating the connections between the successes and difficulties of a wide range of Americans, free and slave, black and white, Northern and Southern. This neo-slave narrative treats the truths of lives touched by slavery with reverence but is not afraid to question the ways the old stories have too often been told. In addition to creating new stories, Suck on the Marrow develops new ways of telling those tales.
Table of Contents
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- The Trapper’s Boast
- p. 17
- Born on This Place
- p. 31
- Sunday Morning
- p. 34
- Taming Shad
- p. 36
- Almost Like They Wanted It
- pp. 37-38
- Abstinence
- p. 39
- Dinah in the Bedroom
- p. 49
- At Madame Jane’s
- pp. 50-55
- Conditions of the Sale
- pp. 57-58
- Runaway ran away
- p. 60
- Dinah in the Box
- pp. 61-62
- Unravel and Weave
- p. 72
- Turnbridge
- pp. 73-74
- About the Author
- pp. 87-88
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597093552
Related ISBN(s)
9781597094689
MARC Record
OCLC
867794997
Pages
88
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No