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Running Time: 08:17 hrsNarrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2017
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Running Time: 08:17 hrsNarrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2017
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Running Time: 08:17 hrsNarrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2017
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Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2017
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- Author: Wesley, Gloria AnnContributor: Atlantic Publishers Marketing AssociationDate:,Issued2015Created2017Summary:
If This Is Freedom continues the story of struggle for Loyalist settlers in Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War. In the black settlement of Birchtown, times are especially hard for the former slaves. They face the difficulties of a hardscrabble existence and continued discrimination from their white counterparts. Like many desperate Birchtowners, Sarah Redmond has signed an indenture agreement, a work contract meant to protect her rights and ensure a living wage. Sarah's employers, the Blyes, do not honour the agreement, and Sarah and her family are all but shattered when Sarah takes a wrong step. At once a stand-alone story and a companion to Gloria Ann Wesley's previous novel, Chasing Freedom, this story about moral courage and the enduring strength of dreams shares history with us in a way that is both honest and emotional.
Subject(s): Women, Black | Nova Scotia--Birchtown | Courage | Indentured servantsOriginal Publisher: Halifax, NS, Fernwood PublishingLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781552666029Collection(s)/Series: One Book Nova Scotia 2017