An enslaved person, Becky, gets married and has a baby, Moses, on the plantation where sheโs held. Soon after her baby is born, her husband is sold to a plantation so far away that sheโll never see him again. However, she takes comfort in that she still has their child and keeps doing the work sheโs forced to do.
Her slaveholder, Penโleton, likes to bet on horses and makes a deal to trade Becky for a prize racehorse one day. The new slaveholder tells Penโleton he wonโt bring Beckyโs baby with her, then tricks her into leaving willingly. Once Becky learns the truth, she becomes hysterical but gets to work at the new place after being threatened.
19th century America, race relations, representative Negroes, a representative man of the colored race, slavery, preparation, perseverance, bravery, patience, honesty and the power to seize the opportunity, success, english