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About this book
The period just before the Civil War was a time of dark division that challenged the essence of our American Democracy, much like our divided country of today.
In New England during the antebellum period also known as the plantation era before the Civil War, Josh and Emily, two young white abolitionists, attend a meeting where they are introduced to four young blacks, two of whom were escaped slaves. The six unite and come together as friends, all with a similar intent, to help raise the consciousness of the slaves down south. Together, in deeply divided times, they hatch a plan to create a phony plantation on Hurricane Island in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area shortly before the Civil War.
Nate, a very fine young chef who cooked many years for his slave master in the years before his escape, offers to teach the culinary arts to southern slaves, as a vehicle for consciousness raising. Jackson teaches slaves to view the bible as a revolutionary document.
The four black slaves live under a constant cover up of their real life mission, as they imitate being the slave of their two white friends Emily and Josh. It is not easy. The group works under constant threat of dealing with slave hunters and being unmasked.
Joan and Wilma, free blacks, pretend to work as slaves, to carry out their heartfelt mission instilling awareness in the southern slaves at all odds. As a function of working together in close quarters, romance and passion develop within the group.
Josh, a firm abolitionist, joins the Confederate army as a union spy in his plan to help the slaves revolt. The plot carries through the siege of Vicksburg and the end of the Civil War.
The group's teamwork and support for each other prevail through many life challenges and intrigues. This book gives a solid framework to view the events in today's America.
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Table of contents
- a. Half Title Page
- aa. Full Title Page
- b. Copyright Page
- c. Dedication
- d. Contents
- e. Prologue
- f. Book One
- 1. Abolitionist Meeting
- 2. Friends and Foes
- 3. Danger Lurks
- 4. The Lion's Jaws
- 5. On Stage
- 6. Baseball Rules
- 7. Sights on Davis Bend
- 8. Looking Ahead
- 9. The Kirkwood Mill
- 10. Weapon's Training
- 11. Arrival at Davis Bend, Mississippi
- 12. Meeting the Davis Family
- 13. Departure for Mississippi
- 14. Adjusting to Plantation Life
- 15. A Special Chef Cooks Dinner
- 16. In the Hurricane Garden Cottage Kitchen
- 17. Questioning Slavery
- 18. Family Life in Mississippi
- 19. Must be That Wilms Boy
- 20. Terrapin Trouble
- 21. Is the South Another Country
- 22. Fast Packet and the Feast
- 23 Banquet of Culinary Rapport
- 24. The World is too Much with Us
- 25. Under the Copse of Trees
- 26. We A Living Has Got to Make
- 27. Visit to Hurricane Island
- 28. Davis Plantation Tour
- 29. Descent into the Belly of the Beast
- 30. Lost and Found in New Orleans
- 31. Cotton is King Ball
- 32. In Spite of the Perils
- 33. Feinberg's General Store
- 34. Innovative Ideas
- 35. A Culinary Revolution
- 36. Dat Slave Catcher
- 37. Getting Rid of the Cargo
- 38. Purchasing Elijah
- 39. Our Country Divided
- g. Book Two
- 40. Secret Agent
- 41. Who Do Voodoo
- 42. Sartorial Splendor
- 43. Trouble Upriver
- 44. A Thorny Problem
- 45. War Correspondent
- 46. Problems with the Medical Profession
- 47. Military Conference and Aftermath
- 48. Laying Final Plans
- 49. Who Do Voodoo We Do
- 50. Romance Blooms
- 51. Yankee Ships Run the Gauntlet Before Vicksburg
- 52. Victory for the Confederacy
- 53. Frog Legs Provencale
- 54. The Beginning of the End
- 55. Creative Plans
- 56. Escape an Evasion
- 57. A Voyage from Hell
- 58. On Strike
- 59. Strategies for Revolt
- 60. Murder in Self-Defense
- 61. Tragedy Strikes
- 62. A Trojan Horse
- 62. Trench Warfare Before Vicksburg
- 64. A Colony for Freedmen
- 65. Complications Arise
- 66. Serving the Freedmen
- 67. Change of Focus
- 68. Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
- 69. In Defense of the Colony
- 70. The End of an Era
- 71. Reign of Terror
- 72. Contemplation of the Future
- 73. Epilogue
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