The Invention of Wings
Sarah Grimke and enslaved Handful grow up bound in Charleston, then push toward freedom and abolition.
2,996-word summary · 13 min read
historical fiction + slavery
5 books tagged both “historical fiction” and “slavery”.
The Kitchen House
Irish orphan Lavinia is raised by enslaved cooks in the kitchen house, then torn between that family and the big house.
3,382-word summary · 15 min read
Homegoing
Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.
2,552-word summary · 11 min read
Beloved
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
2,586-word summary · 11 min read
The Underground Railroad
Cora escapes Georgia on a literal railroad through states of terror and hope.
2,936-word summary · 13 min read