D’Ortega

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D’Ortega is a slave-owning character in Toni Morrison’s novel "A Mercy," known for his role in the enslavement of Florens’s mother and others on his plantation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
slave owner
appearsIn A Mercy NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre historical fiction
appearsInWorkBy Nobel laureate Toni Morrison NERFINISHED
createdBy Toni Morrison NERFINISHED
enslaves Florens NERFINISHED
Florens’s mother
other enslaved people on his plantation
firstPublicationOfWork 2008
gender male
hasOccupation planter
hasRelationshipWith Jacob Vaark NERFINISHED
hasRole slave owner on a plantation
isIndebtedTo Jacob Vaark NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
nationality Portuguese
offersAsPayment Florens NERFINISHED
Florens’s mother
enslaved people
owns a plantation
participatesIn Atlantic slavery system NERFINISHED
portrayedAs brutal slave owner
morally corrupt
religion Catholic
setInCentury 17th century
setInRegion colonial North America

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Florens’s mother isEnslavedBy D’Ortega