Lisa A. reviewed on 7/29/2009 + 40 more book reviews

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This is the story of Henry Townsend, a freed black slave, who goes on to buy his own plantation and own slaves. We then get vignettes of all of the people who are remotely related to Henry at any point in his life. It's tedious. A lot of the book feels like stream-of-consciousness writing and it just plain doesn't make sense. It was interesting to get a glimpse at the life of free black families just before the Civil War, but I had to power through this book to finish. I would not recommend it.

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