Escape Back to Charleston

Escape Back to Charleston
Author: Donald Montano
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1503582817

Serena, a young black mistress, has been caught trying to escape from her master, and the couple helping her along the Underground Railroad has been murdered. The two Pinkerton detectives following her have turned up dead also. That goddamn war didnt solve a thing, Arley. I couldnt see an end to the killing of blacks and whites alike. With those words, Sampson pulled Arley close. Thats why I had to leave. Heading West and finding you was the only good thing to come out of all the death and destruction. Now the path is set. Sampson, Arley, and Joshua make plans to return to Charleston to find answers to a mystery that has drawn them into a deadly plot two thousand miles away. On a stagecoach to Denver, they stop a band of robbers who are intent on stealing a chest of silver hidden under the floorboards. And then they must save two young passengers from forced service in a brothel. When they narrowly escape marauding Indians on the trail across Kansas, Arley begins to wonder why she came along. Then they arrive in St. Louis, where she is introduced to the world of high fashion: dresses and gowns must be made to order, so daring as to get every mans attention Once in Charleston, she will masquerade as a wealthy cattlewoman looking to buy plantation land while they search for Serena. But they must overcome the suspicions of Oscar Blaylock, who has already ordered four people killed. A daunting task, because it is Serena, his coveted mistress, they have come to rescue so Joshua can take her as his wife.

A Tangled Mercy

A Tangled Mercy
Author: Joy Jordan-Lake
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 9781477823668

2015: After the sudden death of her troubled mother, struggling Harvard grad student Kate Drayton walks out on her lecture-- and her entire New England life. She flees to Charleston, South Carolina, the place where her parents met, convinced it holds the key to understanding her fractured family and saving her career in academia. Her mother was researching a failed 1822 slave revolt-- and Kate will continue her work. 1822: Tom Russell, a gifted blacksmith and slave, grappled with a terrible choice: arm the uprising spearheaded by members of the fiercely independent African Methodist Episcopal Church or keep his own neck out of the noose and protect the woman he loves.

The Confederate States Navy

The Confederate States Navy
Author: Arthur Wyllie
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1430302577

An alphabetical listing and description of known Confederate ships and a listing with short biography of men in the Confederate States Navy and Marines.

Answering the Cry for Freedom

Answering the Cry for Freedom
Author: Gretchen Woelfle
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 162979306X

Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee. Includes individual bibliographies and timelines, author note, and source notes.

Be Free Or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

Be Free Or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
Author: Cate Lineberry
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-06-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250101867

It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a 23-year-old enslaved man named Robert Smalls boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbour and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. Smalls' courageous and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero. It also challenged much of the country's view of what African Americans were willing to do for their freedom. In 'Be Free or Die, ' Cate Lineberry tells the remarkable story of Smalls' escape and his many accomplishments during the war, including becoming the first black captain of an Army vessel

Relieve Us of This Burthen

Relieve Us of This Burthen
Author: Carl P. Borick
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2024-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1643365487

Relieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution. Carl P. Borick focuses his study on the period 1780–82, when British forces most actively campaigned in the South. He makes groundbreaking use of the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application files, which have been underutilized to understand the history of prisoners of war. Borick's careful reading of the pension files reveals much about what men went through and how they endured in captivity.

Escape!

Escape!
Author: Robert P. Watson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538138239

Robert P. Watson provides the definitive account of the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison, site of the Civil War’s largest prison break. Libby Prison housed Union officers, high-profile foes of the Confederacy, and political prisoners. Watson captures the wretched conditions, cruel guards, and the story of the daring prison break, called “the most remarkable in American history.”

Ella Wood: The Complete Trilogy

Ella Wood: The Complete Trilogy
Author: Michelle Isenhoff
Publisher: Michelle Isenhoff
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Includes all three books in the Ella Wood trilogy: ELLA WOOD As slavery pushes the nation toward civil war, Emily must battle her father in her own bid for freedom. She’s prepared to pay any price to escape the plantation and attend a northern university newly opened to women. Meanwhile Thaddeus Black, her handsome and unwanted suitor, simply won't take no for an answer. While her mind is willing to strike out alone, her heart stubbornly refuses to accept that a choice for independence must be a choice against love. "Poetic" and "nuanced," Ella Wood is the story of a young woman standing at the edge of war and struggling with questions of morality, purpose, and love. BLOOD MOON Charleston lies in ruins and so, it seems, does Emily’s future. She’s been banished from Ella Wood over her vocal disapproval of slavery, and her relationship with Thad comes to an impasse when his support of her university career falters. Stepping out alone into a war-torn future will require all the fortitude she can muster. In the midst of such uncertainty, she finds that hope rises from ashes, determination grows with adversity, and love can take root in the most stubborn of hearts. "Richly textured," "absorbing," and "impeccably researched," Blood Moon was reader-nominated for a Cybils Award. EBB TIDE When the Union navy fires on Charleston, Emily must flee to Ella Wood—and to a father who has never forgiven her for attending the Maryland Institute against his will. There, she grapples with Jack’s secret plans for the plantation and his final admonition that she carry them to fruition. But as a woman under the authority of her father, evoking even the slightest change may prove too much to hope for. In the meantime, old jealousies place Emily’s life in danger, and her desperate hope for Jovie’s return begins to fade. As the war rumbles to its conclusion, she must draw upon every ounce of courage in one final bid for love and freedom. All three books in the Ella Wood trilogy are clean and wholesome. Don't miss this sweeping Southern romance!

ROSE and IVY JOURNAL

ROSE and IVY JOURNAL
Author: Alison Engstrom
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-12-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781364632762

ROSE & IVY Journal introduces the ultimate gift guide to inspire your holiday season with gifts for the bon vivant for The Polished Woman, The Entertainer to The Groomed Gentleman.

Adventure

Adventure
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1921
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: