A Speck of Joy The Greatest Slave Story Ever Told |
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Author:
| brown, melvin |
ISBN: | 978-0-615-85608-7 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | New Day Publishing
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $8.50 |
Book Description:
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Martin Grove was a good plantation. Mr. Martin's *negroes were not over worked and off on Christmas Day and were allowed to chase rabbits (for his stew.) These were mere specks of joy. They even had their own lil church, cemetery in the back. In spite of, they were at odds, house servants and the field negroes. They didn't get along. They just didn't like each other. (One thought he or she was better- or better off.) After massa Martin died Jed Dunavant took over, the new massa, and...
More DescriptionMartin Grove was a good plantation. Mr. Martin's *negroes were not over worked and off on Christmas Day and were allowed to chase rabbits (for his stew.) These were mere specks of joy. They even had their own lil church, cemetery in the back. In spite of, they were at odds, house servants and the field negroes. They didn't get along. They just didn't like each other. (One thought he or she was better- or better off.) After massa Martin died Jed Dunavant took over, the new massa, and plantation life changed forever.
Happy, the 15 year old son of house servants was found dead with a bullet hole in head- after Jed Dunavant told the boy's parent he had run off- to avoid punishment. Some days later, a field hand showed the boy's father two high flying vultures and hinted: "yor boy could be out yonder..." And sure enough, he was out there. But his papa vowed to bring his son back to the church to give him a Christian Burial- against all odds.
*negro will not be capitalized. During this era negro was not considered a proper noun.