Unnamed Southern Wives and Daughters

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2020-02-23 16:53
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2796
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Unnamed Southern Wives and Daughters
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Unnamed Southern Wives and Daughters
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In his conversation with his cousin Edmonds in Part 4 of "The Bear" in Go Down, Moses, Ike refers to the "wives and daughters" of the plantation owners who fed and nursed their sick slaves both in "their stinking cabins" and, "when they were very sick," in "the big house itself" (271).

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