This explanation confirms that the original trilogy, the 2013 reboot, Evil Dead, and Evil Dead Rise all take place in the same universe, with a different Book of the Dead being the source of trouble with each newly established storyline. Now, it has been made clear that the torment caused in this franchise has not been from one singular book, but three! In the latest Evil Dead installment, a vinyl recording is played with a priest ( who happens to be voiced by Bruce Campbell, the one and only Ash Williams) reading from "one of three volumes" of the Necronomicon. Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Evil Dead Rise.It has always seemed like there has only been one Book of the Dead, aka the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, that has caused all the trouble in the Evil Dead franchise - at least that was believed until the newly released Evil Dead Rise.
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She is arrested in her hotel room shortly after Nat Turner’s rebellion and brought to a “Negro pen” in Washington, DC, to await her return to New Orleans. When William and Clotel reach the Free States, Clotel returns to Virginia to find Mary, but fails to discover any news about her. She eventually escapes slavery with William, another slave, by pretending she is his white master. As a lighter-skinned woman, she is also envied by the other slaves, who believe her to think herself superior. When Horatio’s wife insists on selling Clotel she is treated cruelly by her mistress Mrs. She fetches a hefty price given her virtue, Christianity, and intelligence. She has “long black wavy hair” (49) and stands with a “tall and graceful” form (49). As she stands at the auction, Clotel is described as having “a complexion as white as most of those who were waiting with a wish to become her purchasers” (49). 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