Are there any allusions in Octavia Butler's novel Kindered?

Theof begins with anto events that occur within the interior
ofthe novel, which commences in the form of flashbacks continuing from the startingpoint of the
Prologue. The novel's opening lines depart from the frame ofthe Prologue and lead into the
flashback with:

Thetrouble began long before June 9, 1976,
when I became aware of it, butJune 9 is that day I remember. It was my twenty-sixth birthday. It
was also the day I met Rufus.

Thereis also an allusion in
theto the Emancipation...