Beloved
Sethe's mother
Character sketch of Sethe mother
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Character sketch of Sethe mother
Ma'am is Sethe's unnamed mother who was taken from Africa. She works hard labor non-stop which prevents spending time with her daughter: she is killed when Sethe is just a girl. Nan The one-armed plantation wet-nurse who crossed the ocean in the same ship that carried Sethe's mother.