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Yellow wife : a novel

Johnson, Sadeqa (author.).

Summary: Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. Instead she finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half-Acre, a jail where slaves are broken, tortured, and sold every day. Forced to become the mistress of the brutal man who owns the jail, Pheby's survival lies in outwitting him-- even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. -- adapted from jacket

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  • ISBN: 1982149124
  • ISBN: 9781982149123
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

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Electronic book.
Formatted Contents Note: Chapter 39: Sick and Tired -- Chapter 40: Fattened for Slaughter -- Epilogue -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright
Subject: Women slaves -- Fiction
Slavery -- Virginia -- Fiction
African Americans -- Virginia -- Fiction
Plantation life -- Virginia -- Fiction
Prisons -- Virginia -- History -- Fiction
Virginia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Charles City (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
FICTION / Historical / General
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Electronic books.
Historical fiction.

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