Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
15 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Fiction
In 1848 American English, "wench" referred to "[a] colored woman of any age; a negress or mulattress, especially one in service." Among far too many southern (utterly misnamed) 'gentlemen' (as these men exhibited nothing 'gentle' in their behavior), a wench's expected service was sexual in...