Title: Sapphira and the slave girl
First published: November 14, 2000
Description: Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works.
Subjects: Fiction, African American families, Slavery, History, African Americans, Husband and wife, Blacks, Jealousy, Salmon, People with disabilities, Frontier and pioneer life, Schwarze, Sklaverei, Fiction, general, Large type books, American fiction, Dummies (Bookselling), Specimens
Places: Virginia, United States
People: Henry Colbert, Sapphira Colbert, Rachel Blake, Michael Blake, Old Jezebel, Nancy, Till, Lizzie, Sampson, Martin Colbert, Mr. Fairhead, Mrs. Bywaters.
Time periods: 1856