![]() ![]() Because she is treated well, Harriet sometimes believes that she is not a slave. Jefferson even gives Harriet a leather-bound journal to record her personal thoughts. Jefferson is an unusual slave owner in that he treats his slaves with respect, and gives them the resources to learn reading and writing. Harriet, a fair-skinned black woman, has a relatively peaceful life for a slave (relative to the grueling and abuse-filled ones of countless others) on Thomas Jefferson’s famous estate. During her childhood, even slaves who win their freedom never see the true end of oppression racism is an unrelenting force driving American society. ![]() The novel begins in 1820 when Harriet is nineteen. The novel incorporates themes of racism and racial passing, socioeconomic inequality, and the formation of identity and family. She meets several inspiring abolitionist figures and develops her own sense of social justice, grounded in the principle of equality for every man and woman. ![]() As she comes of age, she realizes that even those who pass as white are not afforded the same rights and privileges as the whites of the slave-owning class. Finding that she is able to pass as white, Harriet investigates her possible familial roots-including the possibility that Thomas Jefferson is her biological father. ![]() Set on the estate known as Monticello in Virginia, decades before the Civil War, it follows Harriet Hemmings, a young girl who is enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. Wolf by the Ears is a 1991 historical novel for young adults by American author Ann Rinaldi. ![]()
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