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Minnie's Sacrifice (Paperback)
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Minnie's Sacrifice (Paperback)
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Loot Price R142
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Minnie's Sacrifice (1869) is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins
Harper. Originally serialized in the Christian Recorder, Minnie's
Sacrifice is a rediscovered work of fiction from one of nineteenth
century America's most prominent black writers and activists. The
novel, which addresses such themes as miscegenation, passing, and
the institutionalized rape of enslaved women, is a vastly
underappreciated work that repurposes the story of Moses to tell a
tale with a powerful political message. On a plantation in the
American South, a slave named Miriam mourns the untimely death of
her only daughter. Agnes, who succumbed while giving birth to a
baby boy in their cabin at the edge of Mr. Le Croix's property,
left her son in her mother's care. Visiting Miriam's cabin later
that day, Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers a blond-haired,
blue-eyed boy. Bringing this to the attention of her father,
Camilla proposes that the boy be sent away from the plantation to
be brought up as white. Unable to accept that the boy should be
considered a slave, Camilla begs her father to take the child
north, all the while failing to connect her own father to the boy's
birth. After brief contemplation, he nervously consents to her
plan, but for all her cunning and bravery, Camilla is entirely
unprepared for what her merciful endeavor will reveal. Minnie's
Sacrifice, by an author who inspired Zora Neale Hurston and Ida B.
Wells, is a groundbreaking work of African American fiction and a
definitive masterpiece from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a pioneer
in her craft. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's
Minnie's Sacrifice is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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