Caribbean
Guyana
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Whitechapel, the oldest slave on a Virginia plantation, inadvertently causes his own son's death and must live with that knowledge. Told in multiple voices, a spare, devastating exploration of slavery's moral corruption.
Literary Significance
Whitbread First Novel Award 1994; a landmark in the literature of Atlantic slavery
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editorial-summarynot primary textWhitechapel, the oldest slave on a Virginia plantation, inadvertently causes his own son's death and must live with that knowledge. Told in multiple voices, a spare, devastating exploration of slavery's moral corruption. Whitbread First Novel Award 1994; a landmark in the literature of Atlantic slavery
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