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Even when Toni Morrison writes prose, he writes poems. A Mercy is set in the colonies in the late 17th century, when the dehumanizing brutality of the institution was exacerbated by two other toxic practices. Like his last novel, the acclaimed Beloved, that is built around slavery. The time and context, however, have moved.