Dana is a strong, independent woman who has made a name for herself
as a published author. She is beginning a new marriage with a white man,
an unusual relationship in 1976, but even more unacceptable in 1819. Suddenly,
at a time when she is most happy and content, she is pulled by the force
of Rufus Weylin into the past to save his life. She then faces the horrors
of living as a slave and being the object of Rufus' obsessive need for
her. However, the reader sees a Dana who learns that she has the strength
and the.........
From the very beginning, the reader can see how needy Rufus is. He has
an over-indulgent mother and a father who shows him little if any attention.
So when he is in trouble or dying, he doesn't think of his parents. Instead,
he calls out to someone he sees sitting in a house, unpacking books. Thus
is born his......
He is Dana's husband and is a white man in a bi-racial relationship.
He has just married her and is moving into their new house with her, when
Dana is called to the past. He has a hard time at first believing what
has happened right in front of his eyes, but when he is forced back there
with Dana, he is in a...........
He is the owner of thirty-eight slaves on his plantation and has been
conditioned throughout his life to do whatever it takes to keep them in
line to work his fields and keep his house. He is very frugal, but does
incur debts that mean selling slaves to pay off what he owes. He whips
them when they need it and never ........
Born a free woman, Alice is one of Rufus' childhood friends. Eventually,
he wants more than just friendship from her and she must reach within
herself to deal with a life she despises. Early on, she marries Isaac
Jackson, one of Judge Holman's slaves, and she runs away with him after
he nearly beats Rufus to.........
These three slaves have a lifetime impact on Dana. Sarah is the mother
figure for Dana. She teaches her to cook, gives her advice about living
on the plantation, and ultimately shows Dana why so many slaves didn't
try to fight back. Fear of a beating, fear of being sold, and fear of
losing their families made ........
Rufus' over-indulgent mother and a woman with too much time on her hands, Margaret is, according to Sarah and eventually Dana, a bitch. She runs her household with an iron hand and like her husband, has been conditioned to believe that blacks are not human, but just disposable property. Rufus uses her ........
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