Toni Morrison's Beloved Summary When the slave-girl Sethe is 13, she arrives at the plantation "Sweet Home", where she gets married to Halle and has three children with him. After the farm is overtaken by a cruel master, the slaves try to escape, but they are caught and punished severely. Sethe suffers an act of abuse by two white boys and escapes in the woods, where she gives birth to her fourth child. After a short period of recovering in the free states, her former owner tries to recapture her, which drives her in the attempt to kill her children, resulting in the death of one daughter. Finding release from the death-penalty, she ends up living alone....

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