Clarence Garie, a wealthy white Georgia planter, and Emily, the enslaved woman he loves as his wife, move with their children to Philadelphia in search of a life the South will not allow them. There they are drawn into the world of the free Black families of the city, the industrious Ellises and the shrewd businessman Mr. Walters, as racial hostility builds toward mob violence.
One of the earliest novels by an African American author, introduced by Harriet Beecher Stowe and newly appreciated today. Download the free EPUB.