An edition of Dessa Rose (1986)

Dessa Rose

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Cover of: Dessa Rose by Sherley Anne Williams, Sherley Anne Williams
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An edition of Dessa Rose (1986)

Dessa Rose

1st ed.

by

  • 4 Want to read

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.

Publish Date
Publisher
W. Morrow
Language
English
Pages
236

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Subjects

African American women, Fiction, Mystery, Slavery, Slaves, Race relations, History, Large type books, Southern states, fiction, African americans, fiction, Fiction, historical, Slaves, fiction, Fiction, historical, general

Places

Southern States
Edition Availability
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Dessa Rose
2009, HarperCollins
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose
1999, Quill
in English - 1st Quill ed.
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Dessa Rose
1998, Virago
in English
Cover of: Dessa Rose.
Dessa Rose.
1988, Futura
in English
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Dessa Rose
1987, Berkley Books
in English - Berkley ed
Cover of: Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose
1987, Thorndike Press
in English
Cover of: Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose
1987, McMillan
in English
Cover of: Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose
1986, W. Morrow
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3573.I45546 D47 1986, PS3573.I45546D47

The Physical Object

Pagination
236 p. ;
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2547833M
Internet Archive
dessarose0000will_s5l4
ISBN 10
0688051138
LCCN
85029781
OCLC/WorldCat
13771864
Library Thing
58427
Goodreads
2791994

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Work 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.

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