Baby Suggs Tells The Crowd That They Must Love Themselves Even Though The Huge Man Does Not Love Them. Flesh Needs To Be Loved. What Is The Prize That Needs To Be Loved?

A 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–65), it is inspired by the story of an African-American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state.  The book is the story of Sethe and her daughter Denver after their escape from slavery.