Morrison, Toni. Beloved.

This novel follows the story of a run away slave, Sethe, and the return of the (now grown) ghost of the child she murdered.

Annotation
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. Print.

Quotes and Notes
Margaret Garner, a slave, (called the “Modern Day Medea”) killed one of her children when she feared that she was about to be captured by her former owners. This historical story is fictionalized through the story of Sethe, who fearing capture, successfully kills one child (who later returns to the house the age she would have been had she lived) and attempts to kill her other children. This novel was used as a literary case study, alongside [http://monster-mothers.wikia.com/wiki/Euripides._Medea. Medea], in Barbara Almond's book.

Potential Resources
Julie Baird. “A Love 'Too Thick': Slave Mothers and Infanticide”