Slave on the Block | Characters

Anne Carraway
Anne Carraway lives with her husband Michael in Greenwich Village. They are wealthy white patrons of black art and culture. The two of them consider themselves liberal, open-minded, artistic geniuses. Anne is a painter, and her enthusiasm for "things Negro'' extends to using her black servants as models for her paintings.

When Luther appears, he appeals to her on what she describes as a visual level: ‘‘He is the jungle,’’ she says. Her first picture of Luther is called "The Sleeping Negro.'' It reflects her vision of blacks as ‘‘dear,...


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