G.A. Henry defended a slave in court, but years later he fought for the Confederacy. The question is why?

Continuing the creative nonfiction narrative she began in her first book, All Bones Be White, Judith Shearer--whose family owned slaves--teams up with Derek Boyd Hankerson--some of whose family were slaves--to reveal Henry's motivations in the second part of an action-packed trilogy.

In the book, you'll learn why some blacks fought for the South during the Civil War, how DNA testing is helping uncover new information about the past, and the black experience in...

G.A. Henry defended a slave in court, but years later he fought for the Confederacy. The question is why?

Continuing the creative nonfiction narrative she began in her first book, All Bones Be White, Judith Shearer--whose family owned slaves--teams up with Derek Boyd Hankerson--some of whose family were slaves--to reveal Henry's motivations in the second part of an action-packed trilogy.

In the book, you'll learn why some blacks fought for the South during the Civil War, how DNA testing is helping uncover new information about the past, and the black experience in...