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The Wharfside Tease and the Plague of Slavery
Corrie May Upjohn, a fourteen year old girl, spends summer days at the river wharves in Louisiana longing for Budge Foster while witnessing the wealth of planter society and the looming pressure of slavery. After a plan with Ann Sheramy and Denis Larne, she faces a harsh realization as a fever-epidemic among logging camps brings death and a formal wages system that exposes brutal materialism and social control. The story tracks her dawning awareness of how owners, both rich and poor, shape destinies, including her own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrie May
Corrie
Budge Foster
Budge
St. Clairs
Rattletrap Square
Upjohn
Denis Larne
Ardeith Plantation
Louisiana
Ann Sheramy
Silverwood
Ardeith
Miss Sheramy
Mr. Larne
Gambrell
Kelby
Foster
Mrs. Upjohn
Ann
Marchande
Lemmy
George
Cypress
Corrie May Budge
Orrie May
Sho
Mrs. Gambrell