Under the sprawling branches of the ancient man-fig tree in the town square, the gossiby men of Thornham relax and spin colorful yarns for each other's amusements. There, reputations are established or sullied, and local rumors of...
Plantation life
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Author:Davis, M. E. M.Summary: -
Author:Stowe, Harriet BeecherSummary:Thought by many to have helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War by stirring the empathy of Northern whites for the plight of Southern slaves, this novel follows the long-suffering, deeply religious Uncle Tom through the trials of...
- Author:Stowe, Harriet BeecherSummary:
In debt, Kentucky farmer Arthur Shelby reluctantly decides to trade two of his slaves. The two, middle-aged Uncle Tom and young Harry, are to be sold to Mr. Haley, a detestable slave trader. Eliza, Harry's mother and Mrs. Shelby's maid...
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Author:Heyward, Edward Barnwell, Coclanis, Peter A.Summary:The Civil War and Reconstruction eras decimated the rice-planting enterprise of the South, and no family experienced the effects of this economic upheaval quite as dramatically as the Heywards of South Carolina, a family synonymous with...
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Author:Northup, SolomonSummary:The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold...
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Author:Northup, SolomonSummary:A sobering reminder of America’s abhorrent past of slavery, the legacy of which has reverberated its legacy well into the present day, Solomon Northup’s memoir is a fully engrossing chronicle of a free man living in New York State who...
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Author:Clarke, AustinSummary:Winner of the 2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize and of the 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean) When an elderly Bimshire village woman calls the police to confess to a murder, the result is a shattering all-...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
As Jasmine and her husband thank God for delivering their daughter from certain death, tragic news arrives. Yellow fever has decimated Jasmine's Mississippi family. And now the Houstons must leave their Massachusetts horse farm to...
- Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography. In it he was able to go into greater detail about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery, as he and his family were no longer in any danger from the...
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Author:Pignat, CarolineSummary:"Phoebe belongs to Master Duncan and works in the plantation kitchen. She sees how the other slaves are treated -- the beatings and whippings, the disappearances. She hasn't seen her mother since Master Duncan sold her ten...
- Author:McKinney, MeaganSummary:
Stella St. Valliers must discover a long buried secret in order to restore her legacy and have a future of her own.
- Author:Grissom, KathleenSummary:
«Comment aurais-je pu lui reprocher son incapacité d’aimer la partie de moi que je détestais moi-même?» 1824. À la mort de ses parents adoptifs, James s’évertue à cacher une partie de son histoire aux gens qui l’entourent, dont Caroline...
- Author:Grissom, KathleenSummary:
À la fin du 18e siècle, en Virginie, un terrible secret plane sur une plantation de tabac. Ayant perdu ses parents irlandais lors de sa traversée de l’Atlantique, la petite Lavinia, âgée de sept ans, se retrouve domestique au domaine du...
- Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:
First published in 1936, this book is a historical novel set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War. It tells the love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
- Author:Entel, RebeccaSummary:
Driven by curiosity about her small Carribean island, Myrna secretly excavates the ruins of a former slave plantation. Her investigation into the past will take a deeply personal turn in the present.
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
When a man dies soon after Tullie bashes his head with her cane, China's estranged mother frantically calls for her daughter's help. Rushing to her family's Mississippi plantation, China must determine if her Great Aunt...
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Author:Fishburne, Anne Sinkler, LeClercq, Anne Sinkler WhaleySummary:“Belvidere is underwater too deep for any eye but that of memory to reach,” begins Anne Sinkler Fishburne's reverential recollections of her ancestral home. Located between Santee River and Eutaw Creek near present day Eutaw Springs,...
- Author:Phillips, Michael R.Summary:
Before the war, Rosewood Plantation is large and prosperous. During the war years, women and slaves struggle to keep it running. But in the bloody days following the Northern victory, a marauding band of Union soldiers ravages Rosewood...
- Author:Faulkner, WilliamSummary:
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms...
- Author:Gist, DeeanneSummary:
Tobacco brides--women prisoners shipped from England--are a hot commodity with farmers in 1643 Virginia. Drew isn't concerned about marriage--he just wants a servant to keep his house. Yet fate brings him to Constance, who claims...
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