The Delaneys

The Delaneys
referred to in The Reunion

The Delaneys are a tremendously successful African-American couple who are  Owners  of Desmond and another unnamed  Marketplace slave. He's a surgeon at Johns Hopkins; she is Alpha Kappa Alpha and a businesswoman actively involved in the Urban League and the local Black History Museum. The Delaneys live in the Guilford neighborhood in Baltimore and own a condo at Bethany Beach.

At time of The Reunion, The Delaneys are starting divorce proceedings (she wants kids, he doesn't), and Desmond is one of the assets currently under consideration.