Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved, originates from a nineteenth-century newspaper article she read while doing research in 1974. The article was about a runaway slave named Margaret Garner, who had escaped with her four young children in 1856 from a plantation in Kentucky. He traveled with the Underground Railroad, to Ohio, where he lived with his mother-in-law. When her Kentucky owner arrived in Ohio to take Margaret and the four children back to the plantation, he tried to kill herself and her children. She managed to kill her two-year-old daughter and seriously injure the remaining three children before being arrested and jailed. Toni took the opportunity to write this particular article in a novel to show people what the days of slavery were like and the sacrifices they entailed. had escaped they would have had the chance to be recaptured. The novel also introduces us to the spirits of lost souls and how they never rested in peace until they finished what they left behind. Toni really captures the audience's attention in this particular novel. So while this story may seem facetious, it is actually based on an article that Toni Morrison found in nineteen seventy-four. The entire plot keeps your mind engaged in what is happening and how this particular family overcomes their difficulties. Sethe is the main character in Toni Morrison's award-winning novel, Beloved. She was a former slave who escaped from her plantation, Sweet Home, in Kentucky eighteen years ago. She and her daughter moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to live with her mother-in-law Baby Suggs. Baby Suggs died of depression as soon as Sethe's sons Howard and Buglar ran away at the age of thirteen. Sethe tries... middle of paper... to quickly get the evil spirit out of the house. My dear, it was exactly like his name. A spirit that came and went just like the wind. Even though it caused a lot of heartbreak and pain. She never intended to hurt anyone, she just wanted to rest and the only way to receive that rest was to revisit the woman who caused her pain and killed her. Works CitedDeck, Alice A. "Beloved: Overview." Reference Guide to American Literature. Ed. Jim Camp. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. Literature Resource Center. Network. May 5, 2014Fulton, Lorie Watkins. “They hide fire and brimstone in the lace groves: the twin trees of the Beloved.” African American Review 39.1-2 (2005): 189+. Literary Resource Center. Network. May 5, 2014.Morrison, Toni. Beloved: a novel. : , . Print.SparkNotes. SparkNotes and Web. May 5 2014. .