Beloved Beloved is a novel set in Ohio several years after the Civil War. The book focuses on characters that struggle fruitlessly to keep their painful recollections of the past at bay. The whole story revolves around issues of race, gender, the black community, and the supernatural. The focus of this paper is going to be on how these things were affected by the emancipation of the slaves and the reconstruction period, the time in …showed first 75 words of 1507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1507 total…conclusion Beloved is a novel that represents the hopes and aspirations of black America. Special emphasis has been placed on black women. These women have struggled and will continue to struggle under a double burden: That of racial prejudice and that of a male centered society. Without each other the black community would not be where it is today. Although they have come a long way since the Emancipation they still have more to conquer.