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Sethe and Halle are born

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Halle buys Baby Suggs's freedom and Sethe arrives at Sweet Home to replace her.
"Sethe was 13 when she came to sweet Home and already iron eyed. She was a timely present for Mrs. garner who had lost Baby Suggs to her husband's high principles" (Morrison 12).

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Halle and Sethe get married.
"'Halle and me want to be married, Mrs. Garner.'
'So I heard.' She smiled. 'He talked to Mr. Garner about it.'" (Morrison 31).

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Sethe gives birth to her two sons

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Mr. Garner dies and Schoolteacher comes to Sweet Home to replace him.
"'Why she call on him?' Paul D asked. 'Why she need the schoolteacher?'
'She need somebody can figure,' said Halle" (Morrison 259).

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Sethe gives birth to Beloved

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The plan is devised to escape from Sweet Home, Sethe sends her children ahead.
"She would rattle, and that would be the sign. Sixo was going, his woman was going, and Halle was taking his whole family" (Morrison 262).

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Sethe is attacked by Schoolteacher's nephews who beat her and steal her milk. Halle goes insane from trauma.
"'They used cowhide on you?'
'And they took my milk.'
'They beat you and you was pregnant?'" (Morrison 20).

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Sixo and Paul A are murdered.
"Smoky, stubborn fire. They shoot him to shut him up. Have to." (Morrison 267).

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Sethe escapes and gives birth to Denver with the help of Amy Denver. She makes her way to 124.
"It was in front of that 124 that Sethe climbed off a wagon, her newborn tied to her chest" (Morrison 102).

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Sethe attempts to kill her children, successfully killing Beloved, and is sent to jail. Denver goes with her.
"A pretty little slave girl had recognized a hat, and split to the woodshed to kill her children" (Morrison 86).

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Paul D is captured in Georgia

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Sethe's sons leave home due to the ghost of Beloved.
"Neither boy waited to see more... No. Each one fled at once" (Morrison 1).

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Baby Suggs dies.
"'Well, long enough to see Baby Suggs, anyway. Where is she?'
'Dead.'
'Aw, no. When?'
'Eight years now. Almost nine'" (Morrison 8).

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Paul D shows up at 124 and stays with Sethe and Denver.
"Sitting on the porch not forty feet away was Paul D, the last of the Sweet Home men. And although she could never mistake his face for another's, she said, 'Is that you?'" (Morrison 7).

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Paul D scares away the ghost of Sethe's daughter.
"'God damn it! Hush up!' Paul D was shouting, falling, reaching for anchor. 'Leave the place alone! Get the hell out!'" (Morrison 22).

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Beloved appears on the porch of 124 and stays as well.
"'What might your name be?' asked Paul D.
'Beloved,' she said" (Morrison 62).

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Beloved sleeps with Paul D.
"'Beloved.' He said it, but she did not go. She moved closer with a footfall he didn't hear... What he knew was that when he reached the inside part he was saying, 'Red heart'" (Morrison 137-138).

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Beloved becomes pregnant.
"The devil child was clever, they thought. And beautiful. It had taken the shape of a pregnant woman" (Morrison 308).

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Paul D learns that Sethe killed her child years ago and decides to leave 124.
"...deciding how his going would be, how to make it an exit not an escape. And it was very important not to leave without looking" (Morrison 194).

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As Sethe's life revolves around Beloved, she is fired from her job and grows frail and weak as Beloved gets bigger.
"Denver watched her mother go without-- pick-eating around the edges of the table and the stove" (Morrison 285).

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Denver gets a job at night working for a white couple.
"She could talk them into letting Denver do the night shift, come right after supper, say, maybe get the breakfast" (Morrison 299).

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In a brief fit of madness, Sethe tries to stab Denver's employer with an ice pick.
"'Little girl with an ice pick. How close she get to him?'
'Right up on him, they say" (Morrison 312).

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Driven away by the crowd of women swarming 124, Beloved leaves.
"'What, baby?'
'She left me.'
'Aw, girl. Don't cry'" (Morrison 321).

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Paul D returns to 124 and reassures a depressed Sethe.
"He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. 'You your best thing, Sethe. You are.' His holding fingers are holding hers" (Morrison 322).