Context on Morrison and the novel Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
When was Beloved published?
A
1987
2
Q
When and where was Beloved set?
A
Begins in 1873
Cincinnati, Ohio
3
Q
When was the American Civil war?
A
1861-1865
4
Q
What was the Civil war and how did it start?
A
The war was fought over the moral issues of slavery.
The conflict derived from the northern states and the southern, slave holding states.
Slavery was then abolished in America in 1865.
5
Q
How were slaves viewed by their owners?
A
Southerners saw slavery as being essential to their way of life.
Slaves were viewed as property and not people.
Most slaves worked outside in fields where they picked crops such as cotton, sugar and tobacco.
Harsh punishments included: neck rings, beatings, amputations of feet if caught running away.
