 |
| Notice of Garner's escape and death of her children- Cincinnati Gazette-Jab 29,1856 |
 |
Cincinnati Enquirer-Stampede of Slaves:
A Tale of Horror- January 29,1856
|
 |
| Margaret Garner |
- Who is Margaret Garner? Click here to find out.
- Now that you know Margaret Garner's story, does it help you understand Beloved better? In what ways has this historical context helped your understanding of Beloved?
A short flash movie about photos of real lynchings.
The video above is titled “Without Sanctuary” it shows a compilation of lynching photographs in America. In it you will find a mother strung up with her son, her name is Laura Nelson
(minute 4:16-4:28)
- How does this video help you imagine Sethe's rape and the stealing of her milk while school teacher watches and records the assault with casualness?
- What does that tell you of slavery and meticulous keeping of records?
 |
| An excerpt |
 |
| An excerpt |
The two documents above, are scanned copies of an excerpt from "Anthony Burns a History" on Leonard A. Grimes, 1856. It is about the whipping of a slave mother and how she was helped to escape. You can click here for a clearer view.
- How does this picture help you understand brutality against pregnant women and mothers on slave plantations?
Let us take a 3D 😘 journey together on a slave ship called vessel L'Aurore. Click here to participate.
- How has this 3D slave ship shaped your view of slave ships and the condition of slaves during transatlantic slave trade?
- Does this 3D view help you put into perspective the connection between the "belly of the ship" and "maternal shackling", which is a major theme in Beloved?
 |
| Slave advert |
 |
| Slave advert |
- Take a good look at the slave adverts above, what can you say about motherhood, slavery and fugitive?
- How real is Morrison's Sethe in history? When you think of Margaret Garner, do you think she has sisters, daughters and proteges everywhere in history?
- What are the similarities in Louisiana's advert and Judy's advert, what meanings are you able to draw from your comparison?
 |
| Freemen searching for their family. Southwestern Christian Advocate, May 6, 1880. Historic New Orleans Collection/Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University Libraries. |
 |
| Freemen searching for their family Southwestern Christian Advocate, May 27, 1880. Historic New Orleans Collection/Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University Libraries. |
- What can you make of this advert?
- How is it different from other adverts that you have been provided with on this Scholarly Reader's Guide?
- Link the truth of history with Sethe's reunion with her family in Cincinnati.
- In the advert above, lost mares and humans are advertised on the same page. What comes to mind?
 |
| Lost but found |
- Julia like Sethe in Beloved has been found, do you think slave adverts helped in finding escaped slave?
- Considering this advert, how dangerous is running away for a slave?
No comments:
Post a Comment