![]() ![]() ![]() Meeting Mariah and little Zeke strains his “no attachments” resolution (and the young man is secretly glad). Galloway says “You now own yourselves” and promises to keep them free on their journey – away from Miss Callie’s strident commands and slave-driver Nero’s brutal whip.Ĭaleb lived through the Burning of Atlanta and now forages for Sherman’s Army. My book talk: Freed by the Yankees, Mariah and her fellow enslaved persons travel along with the Union Army, but not all soldiers believe they should be free. Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. Read it – for our shared humanness, as Mariah and Caleb fall in love, despite all.Įvery time I see Ebenezer in a church name, I will surely remember this story.īook info: Crossing Ebenezer Creek / Tonya Bolden. Read it – for the sorrow that war brings. Read this book – for the joy that freedom brings. What does the future hold for former slaves? ![]()
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