Free at Last - Couverture souple

Hamilton, Ernest

 
9781483983288: Free at Last

Synopsis

In 1865, after a tearful session with his mother,Richard Harrison, a light-skinned sixteen year old freed slave, leaves the plantation in Marion County, Florida, instilled with the dream to sail the seven seas as a free man. Should he follow his mothers advice and pose as a white man, or stand tall and buck the prevailing headwinds? His trek through Florida history during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, provides him with a new perspective on life. He finally understands his mentor's words, "Freedom is . . . ."

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In 1865, after a tearful session with his mother,Richard Harrison, a light-skinned sixteen year old freed slave, leaves the plantation in Marion County, Florida, instilled with the dream to sail the seven seas as a free man. Should he follow his mothers advice and pose as a white man, or stand tall and buck the prevailing headwinds? His trek through Florida history during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, provides him with a new perspective on life. He finally understands his mentor's words, "Freedom is . . . ."

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