Title: The longest memory
First published: 1994
Description: Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write, in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and, finally, in trying to escape and join her in the free North. For his attempt to flee, he is whipped to death in front of his family, and this brutal event is the pivot around which the story evolves.
Subjects: African American men, History, Fathers and sons, Slaves, Fiction, Virginia, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
Places: Virginia
Time periods: 1775-1865
LC classification: PR9320.9.D34 L66 1994