A reckoning
A Virginia family must come to terms with their slave-owning past as the Civil War approaches and an abolitionist visits their plantation, throwing it into turmoil before compelling the family to move West.
Life change eventsFamiliesFugitive slavesHistorySlaveryFictionUnited states, history, 1815-1861Fiction, historical, generalFiction, family lifeUnited states, fictionSlaves, fiction