A mercy, Toni Morrison
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A mercy, Toni Morrison
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
A mercy
Oclc number
212855125
Responsibility statement
Toni Morrison
Summary
"In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark 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, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives. A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter--a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment." --Publisher's description
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Subject
- Farm life -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Mères et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Slavery
- Fictional Work
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Novels
- 1600-2099
- Racism against Black people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Girls -- Fiction
- Filles noires américaines -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- History
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Dutch Americans + History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans + History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- African American girls -- Fiction
- Racism against Black people
- Adoption interraciale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Interracial adoption
- Esclavage -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Dutch Americans
- Roman américain -- 21e siècle
- African Americans -- Fiction
- United States
- American fiction -- 21st century
- Grief -- Fiction
- American fiction
- Femmes esclaves -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Noirs américains -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Women slaves
- Américains d'origine néerlandaise -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- African American girls
- African Americans
- Historical
- Romans
- Women slaves -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
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- Classification7
- Creator1
- Genre7
- Subject42
- Farm life -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Mères et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Slavery
- Fictional Work
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Novels
- 1600-2099
- Racism against Black people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Girls -- Fiction
- Filles noires américaines -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- History
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Dutch Americans + History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans + History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- African American girls -- Fiction
- Racism against Black people
- Adoption interraciale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Interracial adoption
- Esclavage -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Dutch Americans
- Roman américain -- 21e siècle
- African Americans -- Fiction
- United States
- American fiction -- 21st century
- Grief -- Fiction
- American fiction
- Femmes esclaves -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Noirs américains -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Women slaves
- Américains d'origine néerlandaise -- Histoire -- 17e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- African American girls
- African Americans
- Historical
- Romans
- Women slaves -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1