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The novel starts off with Marianne getting proposed to by Chas Freeman. Sadie starts telling her story about the love
of her life, Jim. Then, she begins on telling how she got to the place where she is today. She begins on a Virginia plantation
with her mother. The master decides to move them up North. Finally, they reach Missouri. While on the new plantation,
Sadie's mother dies on the way to Clear Creek. Sadie helps to deliver Jim, by cutting his unbilical cord, because his
mother doesn't want him. While growing up with Jim, Sadie felt as if he were her brother.On the plantation, Jim was worked
way harder than the others because the overseer knew that he was spoiled. On the trip to St.Louis, Sadie befriended a girl
named Gwen. Before, Sadie and Gwen had a chance to really devolop their relationship, Gwen was sold off. Then, Jim asks Sadie's
hand in marriage, and she accepts. Sadie then has two kids by Jim named Lizabeth and Jonnie. One winter, Lizabeth catches
scarlet fever and becomes deaf. Jim and Sadie make a plan to runaway, but it is never sucessful. As Jonnie starts to get older,
they decide to stop talking about running away. After Master Watson dies, the oxen and the slaves for $20,000.00. Everyone
but Jim was sold. Jim was kept by Miss Watson but eventually Jim runs off with Huckleberry Finn. Sadie is punished for the
acts of Jim and seperated from her children on the plantation. Therefore, Sadie decides to set the field hands on fire. Master
Stevens sells her down the river to New Orleans, Louisiana. Apon urrival at Old Man Cyprien's place, she is placed in a room
with another man. The purpose of this was to get her to produce more children. Also, she discovers her old friend Gwen
lives on the plantation. While in the cabin with Andrew (the breeder), she produces 5 kids named Jake, Theo,Roy,Guy, and Elise.
During her time spent on this plantation, she receives her freedom being that the Civil War is over. Sadie travels North to
try to find a place to settle. On this journey up north, Andrew and Joseph [Marianne Libre's father] die in a courthouse
fire. Sadie then decides to settle in Shreverport, LA. There she makes her life with Papa Duban until his death and takes
care of her granddaughter.
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