Class exploitation is perhaps the greatest source of oppression of blacks in White literary writings about black women. The multiplicity of possible readings of Beloved is significant especially if one takes into consideration the different points of view of the characters in the novel. Following the development of the narrative, the reader is able to see that the class issue is an important one as it is linked to Capitalism, the system which divides society into two classes: 'master' and 'slaves.' The whites have been the Monopoly Class under this system while the blacks have been the Marginal Class. The blacks have suffered due to their status in society, as a poor, marginal group. The black women, like the black men were also working women. The black women had to work on plantation farms as laborers and also as "mammys"or maids in the kitchens of the white households. They were generally looked upon as menials. Since the beginning of the novel we see Morrison's commitment to the construction of a black identity characteristic of its own, and therefore, different from that given by the white dominant society. To create this new identity in the novel Beloved, Morrison goes back to the slave narratives, the first written experience of black people, and subverts the literary and moral conventions of that genre, providing a new perspective on black female history. Key words: Slavery, exploitation, black women, history, racism.