Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987) required reading

The Margaret Garner Story (1856) -- also see Levi Coffin's report (1876)
Modern Medea (1999 book on the Garner incident)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, "The Runaway Slave" (1849)

Slavery Sites (read Slavery Chronology & at least one slave narrative)

Anniina's Toni Morrison Page [very useful]

Read interview (Time, 1989)

Toni Morrison Society

Salon Magazine (1998) interview

Spark Notes site (summary, characters, study questions)

Additional Sources (courtesy of Anniina Jokinen)
incl. Nobel Lecture (1993) [also RealAudio]

DW's mini-essay on Beloved's final section

 

Research & resource sites The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress) American Memory Project: African American Odyssey (Library of Congress) The African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 African American Studies (UB Libraries) African-American Women (Duke University Library) The Africana Blackboard The Making of America Collection Selected Bibliography of Critical Essays

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