Roxanna "Roxy" Timeline and Summary
MoreRoxanna "Roxy" Timeline and Summary
- Oh, boy: Roxy gives birth to Chambers.
- Pudd'nhead takes the fingerprints of Roxy, Chambers, and Tom.
- Roxy switches the identities of Tom and Chambers.
- Percy Driscoll grants Roxy her freedom and she sets off to become a chambermaid on a steamboat.
- Roxy retires from chambermaiding and loses all of her savings when the bank goes under.
- After Tom refuses to give her money, Roxy tells him about the switch and threatens to spill the beans to Judge Driscoll if he doesn't pay up.
- When Tom sinks deeper into debt, Roxy suggests that he sell her to pay off his creditors with the agreement that he'll buy her back in a year.
- Tom sells Roxy Down the River.
- An irate Roxy escapes from slavery and informs Tom that she's going to tell Driscoll about the switch if he doesn't buy her back asap.
- After robbing and killing Driscoll, Tom buys Roxy's freedom from the evil slave trader.
- Roxy attends the trial of the twins in which Tom is found guilty of Driscoll's murder.
- Roxy falls into a deep depression, finding comfort only in the church.