The Runaway Slave Returns: A Short Slavery Story - Couverture souple

Waters, Carl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1939805023 ISBN 13 : 9781939805027

Editeur : Bright Sons Media LLC, 2014

Synopsis

Jim, a runaway slave, used the Underground Railroad to escape the brutal slave system in Kentucky. He then opened a carpentry shop in Montreal. Jim’s skill and artistry command high prices, but the money only means one thing—the means to purchase his mother’s freedom. Jim plans to bring her to Canada for a better life.

Before Jim can make his move, his friend, Henry, arrives at the shop. Henry has also escaped the yoke of slavery. Barely. If it weren’t for the Underground Railroad conductor called “The Bridge Builder,” Henry’s escape would have surely failed. The runaway slave brings the terrible news that Jim’s mother is whipped every day because of Jim’s escape. Guilt, pain and shame constantly assault Jim. Knowing he must save his mother now, Jim returns to the South. But, he never imagined that the battle he thought he’d won is truly only beginning…and this time the stakes are higher. This time losing could cost him more than his life!

Can Jim rescue his mother in time?
Can he navigate the Underground Railroad a second time?
Will Jim be able to escape the chains of slavery again?

The Runaway Slave Returns is a short story set in the slavery fiction world of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

American slavery was an evil institution that should have never been allowed. Slavery fiction and slavery books allow authors to rewrite the past and imagine what could have happened.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carl Waters, born and raised in Miami, Florida, grew up reading comic books and dreamed of being a new kind of superhero. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he now lives with his wife and daughter.

Waters never forgot his childhood dreams, which over the years transformed into a desire to create new heroes, particularly African-American male heroes, through writing. His debut offering is Burning Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the first book in a four-part series that reimagines Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic novel, featuring strong characters who break out of the old stereotypes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bright Sons Media LLC
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1939805023
• ISBN 13: 9781939805027
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 68
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible