Dessa Rose
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1986 - W. Morrow, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedessarose0000will_s5l4
- ISBN-100688051138
- ISBN-139780688051136
- LibraryThing58427
- Goodreads2791994
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- Library of Congress Control Number85029781
- OCLC Control Number13771864
- Better World Books9780688051136
- Open LibraryOL2547833M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3573.I45546 D47 1986
- LCCPS3573.I45546D47
Description
This acclaimed historical novel is based on two actual incidents: In 1829 in Kentucky, a pregnant black woman helped lead an uprising of a group of slaves headed to the market for sale. She was sentenced to death, but her hanging was delayed until after the birth of her baby. In North Carolina in 1830, a white woman living on an isolated farm was reported to have given sanctuary to runaway slaves. In Dessa Rose, the author asks the question: "What if these two women met?"From there the story unfolds: two strong women, one black, one white, form a forbidden and ambivalent alliance; a bold scheme is hatched to win freedom; trust is slowly extended and cautiously accepted as the two women unite and discover greater strength together than alone. United by fate but divided by prejudice, these two women are locked in a thrilling battle for freedom, sisterhood, friendship, and love.
Description
Based on the lives of two nineteenth-century women, this portrait of the South during slavery focuses on the slave Dessa Rose and her relationship with a white woman, Miss Rufel.
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