plantation life

An examination of the history of slavery in the United States, covering the slave trade, the life of a slave, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and other topics.

Momma Mary tells stories about a special young man who does wondrous things, especially for the slaves on the Plenty Plantation.

Uncle Tom, a slave in the American South, maintains his dignity despite the suffering and eventual death brought upon him by the cruel treatment of a Yankee overseer.

In 1912, in Harris County, Georgia, a White man, the beloved nephew of the county sheriff, was shot dead on the porch of a Black woman. Days later, the sheriff sanctioned the lynching of a Black woman and three Black men; all of them innocent. For Karen Branan, the great-granddaughter of that sheriff, this wasn't just a recital of dry history facts, this was her family's history. And as she dug deeper into her research, she discovered that she was not only related to the sheriff, but to one of the four that was murdered.

When Scarlett O'Hara's beloved plantation life is destroyed by the Civil War, she single-mindedly rebuilds her privileged place in society, but loses her true love in the process.

Solomon Northup tells about being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South after having been a free citizen in New York during the mid-1800s.

This volume explores everyday life for slaves in America.

It's 1830, and Jamie Pyke is living comfortably as a Philadelphia aristocrat when an old promise draws him back to the South and back to his muddy past. A child of a plantation master and his kitchen slave, Jamie thought he abandoned his old identity forever, but a quest to save his young friend Pan uncovers Jamie's past, putting both their lives at risk. Jamie, Pan, and Sukey, another escaped slave, must navigate the Underground Railroad and make their leap to lasting freedom.