"Sab" by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga is an anti-slavery novel that takes place in the de B's sugar cane plantaition near Puerto Principe, Cuba. The main character Sab is a mulatto slave, who is in love with his mistress Carlota de B. So far we know that Carlota only sees Sab as a brother and childhood companion. Besides Carlota is getting ready to marry Enrique Otway, the son of George Otway a "rich" and ambitious business man. Enrique and his father for the most part set up the marriage because they're losing their wealth and are trying to secure their position with Carlota's money. Carlota drove herself to near to death to convince her father to let her marry him; her father had not accepted the marriage due to family pressure
