A Mercy

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  • Author: Morrison, Toni
    Contributor:

    Punch, Susie

    ,

    Taylor, Maureen

    Summary:

    In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in "flesh," he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady.

    Original Publisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2008 , Victoria Park, W.A. , Association for the Blind of W.A.
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780307264237

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DC Contributor

Punch, Susie

Taylor, Maureen

Abstract

In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in "flesh," he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady.

Publisher (Source)

London : Chatto & Windus, 2008

Victoria Park, W.A.

Association for the Blind of W.A.

Not specified
ISBN

9780307264237

9780701180454

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