TY  - BOOK
AU  - McPhail,Diane C.
TI  - The abolitionist's daughter
SN  - 9781496720306
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Kensington Books
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Loss (Psychology)
KW  - Education
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "John Scognamiglio Books"; Includes discussion questions
N2  - 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
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