All Bones Be White
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761855491
ISBN-13
9780761855491
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
Hamilton Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 29th, 2011
Print length
122 Pages
Weight
168 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.70 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
History of the Americas
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In this story of Cassy, a slave tried for murdering her owner's youngest daughter, the lives of three women-a slave, a murder victim, and the author discovering her family had owned slaves-are woven together to reveal Cassy's story in 1833 America and why it matters today.
All Bones Be White is the story of Cassy, a slave who was owned by a Revolutionary War hero. Cassy was tried for murdering her owner''s youngest daughter, Phenaty. Gustavus A. Henry, a 29-year old lawyer distantly related to American patriot Patrick Henry, defended Cassy at her trial. Told in the second person, offering readers intrigue, murder, and redemption, the lives of three women-a slave, a murder victim, and the author as she discovers that her family had owned slaves-are woven together to reveal Cassy''s story of what happened in 1833 America and why it still matters today.All Bones Be White was nominated and accepted to be included on the book list for the Kentucky Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution.For more information, please visit www.judyshearer.com.
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