Nightjohn | Overview
This short novel is a stark portrayal of American slavery in the 1850s through the eyes of the slaves. Its narrator is Sarny, a twelve-year-old girl, who tells of the momentous events that follow the arrival of Nightjohn, an enslaved adult male, at the plantation of Clay Waller. Nightjohn's impact is immediate, devastating in some ways, and hopeful in other ways. Himself a literate man who escaped from the South, Nightjohn has voluntarily returned to servitude in order to help slaves learn to read and write. Nightjohn has realized that illiteracy is the slave owner's tool of oppression...
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Sarny thinks Nightjohn is beautiful because of his pure, dark color. ...
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Sarny is the main character in Nightjohn. She is twelve, and people...
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