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When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Amistad,
Ã2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery. |
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| Physical Description: | 388 pages ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2004. |
| ISBN: | 0060557540 9780060557546 0060557559 9780060557553 |
