Margaret Garner: Diversity and Depth of Love
- ISBN-10
- 0615207138
- ISBN-13
- 9780615207131
- Category
- Fugitive slaves
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Authors
- Joanne Caputo, Margaret Garner
Description
Two Books in One: Historical Spiritual Non-Fiction and Memoir. Margaret Garner slit her daughter's throat to protect her from American slavery in 1856. The tale was fictionalized in Toni Morrison's Beloved, but a young white mother began researching the true story in 1994. Soon paranormal events with Margaret began, revealing the mother's past life connection to the murder and a chance to heal a tragedy more than a century old.
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