Set in South Carolina "The Merry-Go-Round"
tells the story of an itinerant, white carousel barker
who tries to seduce a black girl, Meta. Meta's boyfriend,
Jesse Weeks, beats up the barker who waits his opportunity
and goes to Weeks' cabin and shoots him. Weeks is
crippled by the bullet. The barker is helped to escape
by "white gentlemen" but his carousel is
burned to the ground. The barker moves on to a more
successful life while Weeks spends his days making
baskets and fish traps and Meta and her mother take
in laundry.
