The protagonist of this novel was sold when she was thirteen to the Garners, a rich southern family who were known to practice a comparatively benevol
The protagonist of this novel was sold when she was thirteen to the Garners, a rich southern family who were known to practice a comparatively benevolent kind of slavery. After the death of Mr. Garner, Mrs. Garner asks her brother-in-law, known as schoolteacher, to help her run the farm. Halle goes mad after seeing the protagonist, Sethe, raped by Mr.  Garner‘s nephew, even though Sethe was pregnant. She names her daughter after the woman who helped her when she  was running away from the Garners‘ plantation. When schoolteacher locates Sethe and her family in Cincinnati, she  attempts to kill her children, succeeding only with her eldest daughter who lends her name to, FTP, this novel by Toni  Morrison.
The protagonist of this novel was sold when she was thirteen to the Garners, a rich southern family who were known to practice a comparatively benevolent kind of slavery.