How are the planters able to pit disenfranchised groups—slaves, poor whites, and free blacks—against each other? How does this strife help to maintain the slave system?

Describe the characteristics of Southern femininity. How were these codes of behavior, which were intended to elevate white women, exemplary of some aspects of sexism in the 19th century?

Describe the relationship between black woman and white women, particularly that between Vyry and Lillian. What respective roles do they learn according to their races and genders?