Boyd, MelbaMelbaBoyd2020-03-252020-03-2520142198-7920https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/3032The article considers some key differences between Harper s poetic treatment of Margaret Garner s life in The Slave Mother, A Tale of the Ohio and Morrison s fictional diversion from actual historical events in Beloved. The essay critiques the creative reasoning of the author s imag-inary with regards to the ghost s haunting of her family, especially her mother. The essay also considers the inclusion of the ghost at the end of the opera, Margaret Garner, another problematic that runs counter to a re-alizable appreciation of her true story.deslaveryimaginaryhistorymemorynarrative800800Artikel/Aufsatzurn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00103782-14