The abolitionist's daughter /
McPhail, Diane C.,
The abolitionist's daughter / Diane C. McPhail. - First Kensington hardcover edition. - viii, 326 pages ; 22 cm
"John Scognamiglio Books". Includes discussion questions.
In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history--Southern Abolitionists--and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict. On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews begs her father to save a slave, Nathan, about to be auctioned away from his family. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an illegal school for his slaves, hoping to eventually set them free.
9781496720306 149672030X
2018912550
GBB933041 bnb
019259453 Uk
Abolitionists--Southern States--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Education--Fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
The abolitionist's daughter / Diane C. McPhail. - First Kensington hardcover edition. - viii, 326 pages ; 22 cm
"John Scognamiglio Books". Includes discussion questions.
In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history--Southern Abolitionists--and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict. On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews begs her father to save a slave, Nathan, about to be auctioned away from his family. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an illegal school for his slaves, hoping to eventually set them free.
9781496720306 149672030X
2018912550
GBB933041 bnb
019259453 Uk
Abolitionists--Southern States--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Education--Fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Historical fiction.