num_pages: 639
description: Mandingo is a novel written in 1957 by Kyle Onstott. The book is set in the 1830s in the antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo (or Mandinka) slave Ganymede, or Mede. It is a tale of cruelty toward the blacks of that time, containing vicious fights, poisoning, and violent 
title: Mandingo
titlecomplete: Mandingo
genres: Fiction, Pulp, Drama, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 1000
places: Alabama
series: Falconhurst
publisher: Fawcett Crest Giant