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Dessa Rose
''Dessa Rose'' is a novel by Sherley Anne Williams published in 1986 (New York: HarperCollins Publishers). The book is a neo-slave narrative, incorporating many elements of traditional slave narratives. The book is divided into three sections: "The Darky", "The Wench" and "The Negress".〔Mildred R. Mickle, ""Dessa Rose", in William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster & Trudier Harris (eds), '' Oxford Companion to African American Literature'', New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 210-211.〕 The sections represent a different stage of growth in the life of the protagonist, Odessa "Dessa" Rose.
==Plot summary==
The book begins with Odessa Rose, a pregnant slave fugitive in a prison cell in Marengo County, Alabama. Captured along with many of her fellow runaways, Dessa's execution was postponed until the birth of her child. Shortly before giving birth, three men appear at night and rescue her. The four travel to a small plantation in Sutton managed by Ruth Elizabeth. Her husband had departed on a business trip several years ago and never returned. The slaves took off and Mrs. Rufel (as everyone calls her) began harboring runaway slaves to replace them.
The fugitives devise a plan to free themselves. Mrs. Rufel must sell the slaves during the day, then pick them back up at night; cheating the buyers out of their money. When the small band has accumulated enough money, the slaves will flee west.
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