Mistress Epps (Mary Epps in memoir)
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Mistress Epps (Mary Epps in the memoir) is the cruel, jealous wife of Louisiana plantation owner Edwin Epps in Solomon Northup’s slave narrative "Twelve Years a Slave."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mistress Epps | 0 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mary Epps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Twelve Years a Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | slave narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cruelty
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gender and power in slavery ⓘ jealousy ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| characterInWorkBy | Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exercisesPowerOver | enslaved people on the Epps plantation ⓘ |
| feelsJealousyToward | Patsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttitudeToward | Patsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSocialRole | plantation mistress ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | depicted through Solomon Northup’s first-person account ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
cruel
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jealous ⓘ |
| residesAt | Epps plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Edwin Epps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1853 ⓘ |
| workSettingPeriod | pre–American Civil War era ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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