An edition of Sapphira and the slave girl (1940)
Sapphiraand the Slave Girl
By Willa Cather
Publish Date
1940
Publisher
Manufactore In The United States
Language
eng
Pages
174
Description:
Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works.
subjects: Fiction, African American families, Slavery, History, African Americans, Husband and wife, Blacks, Jealousy, Salmon, People with disabilities, Frontier and pioneer life, Schwarze, Sklaverei, Fiction, general, Large type books, American fiction, Dummies (Bookselling), Specimens
People: Henry Colbert, Sapphira Colbert, Rachel Blake, Michael Blake, Old Jezebel, Nancy, Till, Lizzie, Sampson, Martin Colbert, Mr. Fairhead, Mrs. Bywaters.
Places: Virginia, United States
Times: 1856