He recognizes the two boys as being little more than sperm banks from which withdrawals can be made on demand to deposit into the female slave of his own choice, regardless of her own desires in the matter. Paul is the owner of the plantation known as Empty by the human beings he has enslaved. Their passionate desire for each other is even openly in rebellion against the foundation of slavery economics which legally observes the right of their owner to press them into action as studs who purpose is to impregnate females, no different than a thoroughbred horse. They are in rebellion against the master over their lives by the plantation owner. They are in rebellion against the conformity of heterosexuality. Their love is a defiance of every aspect of the mainstream world of their era. Isaiah and Samuel are two teenage boys enslaved to work on a plantation in Mississippi. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īt its heart, this novel is the story of the perhaps the most forbidden kind of love in American history. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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