| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
295 pages ; 22 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Summary |
On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys--as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself--have decided to turn around the farm's bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a "stockman" to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves. Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe. |
| Subject |
Women slaves -- Fiction.
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Slaveholders -- Fiction.
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Plantations -- Texas -- Fiction.
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Birth control -- United States -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780063249875 (hardcover) |
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0063249871 (hardcover) |
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