time?
does anyone know what year this was set in?
share1855-1858, after Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and before the 1862 Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves. the book is loosely based on events in the life of escaped slave Margaret Garner during the year 1856.
shareI saw the year 1873
shareBeloved appeared in Sethe's yard in 1873--aproximately 18 years, according to the novel, after Sethe's ill-fated escape from Sweet Home.
shareYes. And I think that the rest of the movie, like during when Paul D. comes and stays which was during the summer, when Beloved comes to stay, he leaves, she stays up until the spring to summer when the church women prayed her away. So, overall, the main events took place from 1873 to 1874, a year. While every thing else, like you guys said, was 18 years ago when Sethe left the horrible place called 'Sweet Home'.
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