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Clora tells the story of hardships she faced as a slave on a southern plantation. Clora, an enslaved African-American woman tells the story of how she bore ten children, nine for her the man that enslaved her. He sold all of them away when they turned reached the age of three. The tenth child was the Clora, her father is a black man. She never gave up his name for fear that he would be sold. The slave owner put her mama and her near the big house so he c...
In Search of Satisfaction
Josephus and Bessel live on neighboring farmhouses in the small, wealthy township of Yoville, New York. Josephus is a recently manumitted freeman. He decides to remain on the farm of his former slavers until he has saved enough money to relocate to his dream town: New Orleans. Josephus and Bessel meet every night on the porch of Josephus' farm. They discuss their aspirations,struggles and plans as newly emancipated former slaves. Bessel flirts with Jose...
The Wake of the Wind
Lifee and Mordecai struggle to create a life together under ante-bellum slavery in the Civil War era. Subaiwu and Kola are West African cattle herders. The two young boys live in a flourishing village on the coastal banks of the Gulf of Guinea. When European slavers arrive in their village, the two boys and their cattle are captured and boarded upon a slave ship. Their friendship and their willpower are tested as they experience abuse, humiliation, and m...
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns
Willa is serious about school while her sister Futila makes poor choices. Willa Mays knows she wants to do more than marry a boy from her small hometown. She plays on her high schools basketball team has dreams of leaving as soon as she is able. She works hard to earn a scholarship for college. Her father can't afford to send her so she knows she will have to get their on her grades.
Her sister Futila is more interested in boys than books and the gi...
