Kindred | Kindred

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Author: Octavia Butler
First Published: 1979
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Science fiction
Time of Work: The early nineteenth century and 1976
Setting: The eastern shore of Maryland and Los Angeles, California
Principal Characters: Edana (Dana) Franklin, Kevin Franklin, Rufus Weylin, Tom Weylin, Margaret Weylin, Alice Greenwood, Sarah, Carrie, Nigel
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Science fiction
Subjects: African Americans, 1970’s, Racism, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Interracial relationships, Marriage, Los Angeles, Plantations or plantation life, Time travel
Locales: California, Los Angeles, CA, Maryland

In Kindred, a young black woman is mysteriously transported to the antebellum American South, where she must adapt to a society in which the vast majority of black people are slaves and where she too confronts enslavement. In order to survive, she must acquire basic skills that, as a modern woman, she has never learned, including cooking on an open hearth, sewing, and doctoring without the benefit of modern medicines or antisepsis. She must also determine whether she has the strength of character required for survival in a world that is rough and crude,...

Kindred | Kindred

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