The time is 1854 and the place is a cotton plantation in Mississippi. Henry and Jessie Mae are a married couple that are truly in love. In their twenties the two support each other in the midst of being slaves on a plantation. Jessie Mae’s job on the plantation is at the core of their marriage struggles. She is responsible for taking care of the Master in the most private of ways whenever he sends for her. Henry doesn’t like that he has to share his wife with any man let alone the Master who is physically abusive to her. Finally he has had enough and he tells her that he will not allow her to go. She begs and pleads with him to allow her to go or they will both be killed. She breaks down and tells him of a deal that she made with the master that she will willingly do all the things he wants her to do as long as she secures her husbands safety. When she reveals that she is pregnant and is unsure which of the two men are the father Henry decides to wait until the baby is born to make his decision. After the birth Henry knows the baby is not his, he leaves and Jessie Mae does the only thing she knows to do, live.
Duo/ Duet- Beholden
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