The wedding gift
by Marlen Suyapa Bodden
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When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. The two girls have grown up together but their lives could not have been more different. When Clarissa's husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends the women back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that has far-reaching consequences for both.
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African Americans, Slavery, Fiction, Fiction, historical, Alabama, fiction, Slaves, fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Fiction, family life, Friendship, fiction, Sisters, fiction, Fathers and daughters, Slaves, Friendship, Gifts, Roman, Historical fiction, Sisters, Amerikanisches Englisch, History, Fiction, historical, general, Social life and customs, FriendshipsPlaces
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The Wedding Gift
Sep 24, 2013, Brand: St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Press
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1250026385 9781250026385
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Published by W.F. Howes Ltd under the Clipper imprint.
Originally published: London: Century.
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When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen's daughter as well, the product of a long-term sexual relationship with his slave Emmeline. When Clarissa's husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends Clarissa and Sarah back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that will destroy the once-powerful family.
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