Go Down, Moses (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)

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The Story:

In “Was,” set in the pre-Civil War South, Uncle Buck and Cass set off after Turl, who regularly fled the McCaslin plantation to court Tennie at the neighboring Beauchamp plantation. Uncle Buck wanted to catch Turl before he reached the Beauchamp plantation because Sophonsiba, who lived there, was husband hunting. Uncle Buck failed to do so but bet Hubert Beauchamp that he would be off the plantation before nightfall. Uncle Buck failed at this resolution too and at night mistakenly lay down in bed with Sophonsiba. Caught, Buck played a card game with Hubert to get...

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