MixedAnd this is a story that's based onTammy Huff's family. It's about a young white man who comes to work on aplantation and he basically winds up falling in love with one of the slavesthere. And so they run off together.
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A More Perfect Union (2022)
Creators: Mixed Inspired by true events, A More Perfect Union is an epic story of love and courage, desperation and determination, and three people whose lives are inescapably entwined… Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice. Determined never to starve again, he changes his surname to Taylor and heads south to Virginia, seeking work as a traveling blacksmith on the prosperous plantations. Torn from her home and sold to Jubilee Plantation, Sarah must navigate its intricate hierarchy. And now an enigmatic blacksmith is promising her not just the world but also her freedom. How could she say no? Enslaved at Jubilee Plantation, Maple is desperate to return to her husband and daughter. With Sarah’s arrival, she sees her chance to be reunited at last with her family—but at what cost?
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LikedThat said it's a really well written book and it read really quickly it read like you know in I guess like a sensitive way as well around it. I did like it I did enjoy it feels like a good book club book.
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