Band of Angels

Amantha Starr, who was sent to Ohio at age nine to receive an education, does not return to her father's Kentucky plantation until she learns of his death. At his graveside she is shocked to learn that her mother had been a plantation slave, and now she, Amantha, is being sold by her father's creditors. This is her story for a search of freedom.

First sentence: OH, WHO AM I?

Year

1977

Language

English

Publisher

Signet

Editions

5

ISBN

9780451073983

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