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Mandingo (novel)
''Mandingo'' is a novel by Kyle Onstott, published in 1957. The book is set in the 1830s in the antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo (or Mandinka) slave Ganymede, or Mede. It is a tale of cruelty toward the black people of that time and place, detailing vicious fights, poisoning, and violent death. The development of the Mandinka slave in the novel into the "Mandingo" stereotype was later used by Quentin Tarantino as part of his 2012 film ''Django Unchained''. The novel was made into a film of the same name in 1975.
==Kyle Elihu Onstott==
Kyle Elihu Onstott was born on January 12, 1887 in Perry County, Illinois.〔Talbot 2009, pp.3-4〕 Although he never had a steady job, Onstott was from a wealthy family and was able to pursue his main hobby—dog breeding and judging—in lieu of a career
Onstott was a lifelong bachelor and likely gay, though closeted. At age 40 he adopted a 23-year-old college student, Philip, who had lost his own parents. Philip eventually married a woman named Vicky and the two remained close to Onstott for the rest of his life. Onstott dedicated ''Mandingo'' to Philip and Vicky.〔Talbot 2009, p.5〕
Onstott began writing ''Mandingo'' when he was 65 years old. He based some of the events in the novel on “bizarre legends” he heard while growing up: tales of slave breeding and sadistic abuse of slaves. He was invited to write an article for ''True: The Man’s Magazine'' in 1959 about the horrors of slavery.〔Talbot 2009, pp.3, 6〕
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