When does the novel take place (date)?Jubilee by Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker's novel Jubilee is
set in the South before, during, and after the Civil War. Walker's narrative is divided
into sections.  In the first section, the Ante-bellum years, Vyry's mother, Hetta, a
favorite of the master, gives birth to Vyry.  Vyry is just a small child when she is
taken to the big house on the Dutton plantation to become a servant to what is her
half-sister, Lillian. After she grows up, marries, and becomes a mother herself, Vyry
learns that she is going to be sold.  When she tries to run away, Vyry is beaten
severely on her back.  These scars will remain with her all her
life.

In the section section, the Civil War takes place and
its effects are devastating for the Dutton family.  First, John Dutton suffers a
carriage accident and has gangrene set in and subsequently dies.  Then, the son, Johnny
is killed at age twenty-two from a bullet to his lungs. The other son, Kevin, is also
killed by the bayonet of a Union soldier.  These deaths of her sons and husband, along
with the effects of the war become to much for Salina Dutton, who suffers a stroke and
dies.  Vyry continues to care for Lillian, whose mind becomes weaker.  And, although she
is married to Randall, her husband has been gone for so long that she agrees to marry
another man.

The third and final section finds Vyry trying
to create a new life for herself with Innis after the war, but misfortune seems to
follow them. They find themselves exploited by the owner of the farm that they work,
they run into Klu Klux Klansmen in Troy, Alabama, and they are escorted out of town by
Black soldiers.

Troubles continue for the Innis and Vyry
Brown; finally Randall finds Vyry and he and Innis argue.  For the first time, Vyry
displays her scarred back to her two husbands, but says evil must be repaid with
kindness.  They talk through the night, and the next day Randall
departs.