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For use in schools and libraries only. The moving, fictional account of one African American woman's lifelong struggle against racism.

Ticey is a slave girl who takes the name Jane when she is freed. But as she tastes freedom, she also learns how unjust society can be toward freed slaves.

"This is a novel in the guise of the??tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has??lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a??witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this??woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure,??a woman equipped to stand... Read Full Overview

For use in schools and libraries only. The moving, fictional account of one African American woman's lifelong struggle against racism.