Sapphira and the Slave Girl

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