Jubilee

When they are running from the KKK, Henry McNeil Turner asks Randall Ware if he is a coward. Ware replies that he would rather make a good run than a bad stand. This quote represents the core of what...

Chapter-by-chapter summaries for Jubilee can be found in detailed resources like study guides or educational websites. The novel is divided into three parts: "Sis Hetta's Child—The Ante-Bellum...

In Jubilee, Vyry's life is profoundly impacted by major events such as being forced to work for her half-sister, falling in love with and marrying Randall Ware, and enduring the threat of being sold....

Jubilee by Margaret Walker explores themes of slavery, freedom, and resilience. The novel delves into societal implications such as the harsh realities of slavery, the struggle for emancipation, and...

Vyry is the main character of Margaret Walker's novel, Jubilee. In Chapter 1 of the novel, Vyry, a light-skinned girl who looks too white to be a slave, is sent to live at another plantation by her...

Vyry's religion is slave religion. It differs from the religion of the whites, and it provides a foundation for Vyry to handle obstacles with grace. Jubilee questions: Why is it important that the...

The book Jubilee by Margaret Walker is entitled as such because, in Judaism, the term refers to a year of emancipation that happens once every fifty years. As the book is concerned with the American...

Aunt Sally serves as a mentor and mother figure to Vyry in Jubilee, offering guidance and teaching her essential skills like cooking and proper behavior. This relationship is crucial for Vyry, who...

Vyry's experience as a young girl is to have her childhood stolen from her and forced into labor at an early age. This was likely similar to the experiences of many other young slaves, but not...

In the novel Walker describes a variety of attitudes toward women that were held by men during slavery. While some white men, such as John Morris Dutton, treated African American women as property to...

The reader of Jubilee can learn about slavery from Vyry’s childhood that included sexual domination, separation of babies from their parents, and forced labor of even very young enslaved children.