Behind the tall, thin wooden beams that separate the mansion from the plantation grounds, the mistress of the house gives birth to a mulatto baby. Within minutes, the healthy infant is put in a sewing basket and carried off to be sold by the attending doctor. But not before the plantation owner and husband, enraged at having been cuckolded by one of his own slaves, drops a pair of sharp spurs into the basket in hopes of injuring or... More >>>