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Margaret Garner

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Based on her story, she escaped from her owner and managed to get over the Ohio river however she was found by a group of owners so she killed her youngest child with a butcher knife and attempted to kill the others

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Chattle slavery

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Slaves being treated as animals

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Chain gangs

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A group of convicts chained together doing hard labour and being responsible for each others lives

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The middle passage

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A voyage that traded Africans and items such as coffee and tobacco, the slaves were cramped together so many died

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Rememory

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The return of the repressed

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Succubus

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A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men, B slept with PD so believed she is this

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Toni Morrison

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  • Born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain, Ohio.
  • Grew up during the Depression.
  • Grandparents moved north from the south. Father from Georgia.
  • Married Harold Morrison. Ended in 1964. Refuses to talk about her marriage
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Fugitive slave act

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Required slaves to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state

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Infanticide

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The murder of a child

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Magic Realism

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Something normal to the characters but bizarre to the reader

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