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Author
Series
Caroline Cousins volume 3
Publisher
John F. Blair, Publisher
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Lights of Lowell volume 3
Language
English
Description
When tragedy strikes, Jasmine Houston must uproot her family from the Northern mill town of Lowell and take over her family's Southern plantation, The Willows. But upon her arrival, her antislavery positions cause strife between Jasmine and her neighbors and relatives. Tensions continue to rise until an explosive act -- the burning of The Willows -- causes Jasmine and her husband to flee north. But lives of the slaves they have promised to protect...
90) Just doll
Author
Series
Staten Bay trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Baskerville Publishers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
93) Georges
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Modern Library paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Long out of print in America, Alexandre Dumas's most daring narrative is now available in this major new translation by Tina A. Kover. Filled with intrigue, romance, and deadly vengeance, Georges is the story of a wealthy mulatto boy who is driven from his island home by racist landowners. Returning to Mauritius as an accomplished young man, Georges pits his strength against a powerful plantation owner, leading a dramatic slave uprising and claiming...
94) The pirate round
Author
Series
Brethren of the coast volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
95) Darjeeling
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
96) As it was
Author
Publisher
Carlton Press
Pub. Date
[1981]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Refiner's fire volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Never in her life did Kitty make a decision for herself. She was raised on a South Carolina plantation as the pet of her white master's daughter. Now, as a young adult, she must find the strength and faith to make the biggest decision ever. Will she stay with her master and go south to avoid the Yankees or take off tonight for the north with Grady, the field slave she has come to love?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three young women are drawn to the Chief Vann House Historic Site in Chatsworth, Georgia, where scenes of extreme cruelty and equally extraordinary compassion once played out. Jinx is exploring her tribe's complicated racial history. Ruth, a writer, is there on assignment. Cheyenne seeks to connect with a meaningful personal history. Together they discover the secrets of the Cherokee plantation, and find that attempts to connect with the strong spirits...
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
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