Mama Day | Summary and Analysis: Prologue and Part I , pp. 3-66
Summary
The Prologue offers an introduction to the physical and social settings for the plot of the novel. Willow Springs, a small island off the southeastern coast of the United States, provides the location. It is a unique place acquired by the legendary slave woman, Sapphira Wade, from her white master in 1823. Stories abound about the methods she used to obtain the deed to the land; it is widely thought that she either seduced, swindled, or even killed her master to obtain the land.
The year 1823 has thus become a symbol in the community used in...
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