
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
In the quiet, dim cabin of a Southern plantation, Miriam endures a grief that feels like an endless night. After losing her own children, she is confronted with a newborn—Agnes’s baby—whose strikingly white features clash painfully with his status as a slave. The child's presence awakens both sorrow and a flicker of hope, drawing the attention of Camilla, the master's daughter, who dreams of protecting the infant from the brutal reality of his birth.
Camilla’s privileged world collides with the harshness of the plantation, and she becomes determined to shield the child as if he were her own. Her resolve sets her against the entrenched laws and expectations that bind the enslaved, while Miriam watches the fragile possibility of salvation with cautious doubt. As tensions rise, the story explores the moral complexities of compassion, ownership, and the desperate yearning to rewrite a fate written in oppression.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (162K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1825–1911
A powerful 19th-century voice for freedom and equality, she wrote poetry, fiction, and speeches that reached wide audiences across the United States. Her work joins moral clarity with warmth, making her an essential figure in American literature and reform.
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