The plan with Mede is to breed him with their female slaves to produce further Mandingos who they can sell for a higher price than other black slaves. Concurrently, Hammond also purchases Mede, a Mandingo, as a slave, something Warren had always wanted because of their physical strength. As his father tells him is custom, Hammond, while on his and Blanche's honeymoon in New Orleans, also obtains a slave as a go to sexual partner, he buying Ellen, who he met when she was given to him in hospitality when visiting who was then her master. In turn, Blanche agrees to the marriage largely to escape the realm of her sadistic brother, Charles. With no experience courting a potential bride - his sexual experiences confined to slaves and whores - Hammond ultimately chooses his cousin Blanche for his wife in what would not be considered a courtship in its true sense. Hammond is under pressure to get married and produce a male heir to continue the Maxwell legacy before Warren dies. Falconhurst, a run down plantation, is owned by Warren Maxwell, and largely run by his son, Hammond Maxwell, who walks with a limp due to a childhood accident. It's the mid-nineteenth century Louisiana.
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