text: In a novel by this author, a woman "pleads her belly" to avoid going to prison until the birth of her daughter,whose first memory is traveling with a band of gypsies.
full_question: In a novel by this author, a woman "pleads her belly" to avoid going to prison until the birth of her daughter,whose first memory is traveling with a band of gypsies. Another character created by this man is surprisedwhen the wooden stakes he uses to keep up his bower end up sprouting. That character created by this writerbuilds a canoe out of a cedar tree but cannot bring it to sea. At the end of a novel by this author, the titlecharacter goes to a plantation with Jemy and sees her son Humphrey, who was conceived with her halfbrother.Another of his title characters becomes enslaved in Sallee before owning a plantation in Brazil andbefriending a cannibal he names Friday. For 10 points, name this author of Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. 
first_sentence: In a novel by this author, a woman "pleads her belly" to avoid going to prison until the birth of her daughter,whose first memory is traveling with a band of gypsies.
raw_answer: Daniel Defoe [or Daniel Foe]