Connect the Dots 101

The modern Medea – the story of Margaret Garner [Margaret Garner, a slave who escaped from Kentucky to Ohio; her 4 children, 2 of which she killed so they would not have to endure slavery, lying dead on floor; and 4 men who pursued her.

“In Toni Morrison’s new novel, ”Beloved,” a runaway slave, her capture imminent, slashes her infant daughter’s throat rather than see the child in chains. ”It was absolutely the right thing to do,” Ms. Morrison said, ”but she had no right to do it. I think if I had seen what she had seen, and knew what was in store, and I felt that there was an afterlife – or even if I felt that there wasn’t – I think I would have done the same thing.”

(3/7/25)