- Lucy
- a slave
- the narrator
- determined not to be sold and whipped
- treated unfairly because mother isn't a slave
- didn't understand slavery at a young age
- wanted to escape with sister
- was a child
- was never taught to be a slave
- referred to herself as ignorant
- viewed herself as hopeless and ignorant
- Polly Crocket
- Lucy's mom
- kidnapped
- sent to the state of St.Louis
- Married Apollo
- mother of Nancy
- didn't want her children to continue in slavery encouraged daughter Nancy to run away, and she did very successfully
- sued for her freedom and won, was able to prove she was kidnapped
- Mr.Mitchell
- superintendent of Indian affairs
- doesn't really care for slavery
- Mrs. Mitchell
- Major Taylor Berry
- A wealthy man
- married to Mrs. Franny Berry
- she remarried, then died
- died in a fight
- in is will set all his slaves free
- Mary
- Major Berry's daughter
- Married H.S.Cox
- Took Nancy with them on their honeymoon, there she escaped
- Mrs. Cox commenced house keep
- she entertained lavishly
- Turned on polly
Symbols or traditions--rituals:
- Darkness
- Slavery
- Freedom
- Whipping
- Nigger hunters
- Bloodhounds
- Freedom
- Slavery!
Discuss how the characters respond to their communities and/or change in their environment. What is the main character's flaw?
- Lucy's flaw is that she is a slave, and doesn't really know what to do or how to do the work that they ask. Also talking down on herself calling herself ignorant
Setting - country, tribe, city, state, time period:
- 18-- State of Illinois
Bring a question.
- If the rule is that whatever your mother is born, then you are then why is Lucy still a slave although her mother is free?
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