Toni Morrisonsets thenovel'sbackground in the colonist period before slavery was established. The novelreflects the author' smeditations on the women 's lifetranscendingRACESandculture.
And "Beloved, " starring Oprah Winfrey and based on Toni Morrison's novel of the same name, is the story of a former slave visited by the ghost of the daughter that she killed.