This book describes the life of an African woman as she experiences the reluctant separation of her 9 years old daughter more than 230 years ago. It tells the story of the young African girl who becomes the grand matriarch of her family in the United States as a slave. The voice of the young African girl weeps as she speaks through her eternal soul to her great grandson (the author) about her struggles as a slave in the United States and her desperate desire to return to her African home and visit her kinfolks. She speaks about how she was prohibited by her slave masters and the unjust laws...

This book describes the experiences of slaves in Mississippi between 1800 and 1865 and their lives as freedmen between 1865 and 1910. It was designed to fill in the gaps of the struggling and overcoming cycles for African-Americans between 1800 and 1910. It uncovers truths about their lives as slaves and freedmen in Mississippi. It provides information about their personal, work and spiritual lives as slaves. It shows why and how they were the central issue in the Civil War. It provides information about how they were personally impacted by the war scrimmages on a daily basis. It provides...