In 1792, slave trade in Africa is a booming business for
English aristocrats. Of course, it is not sanctioned by the
Parliament, but it is still happening just the same. Grace
Winslow finds herself one of their victims. Her village is
raided, her baby is killed and her husband, Cabeto, is put
on a slave ship to the West Indies and then to America.
Grace is left to become the "personal slave" of Mr. Jasper
Hathaway, one of the slave traders. She is put on another
ship with him, setting sail for England.
Grace is a beautiful young lady, a half-breed, with light
brown skin and auburn hair. Her English father is in the
slave trade business and her mother is an African Princess.
After a rebellion in the village, she chose to marry an
African and stay there to raise their young son. Now her
world is coming down around her. Mr. Hathaway was to be her
intended, an arrangement of her parents. He is now seeking
revenge.
As Grace travels the sea to England, she never gives up
hope to find her beloved Cabeto. Scurvy almost claims Mr.
Hathaway as they sail, so the captain of the ship sets
Grace free in London to find her own way. She works as a
washer woman while trying to find a way to make it to
America to reunite with Cabeto. She learns a lot more about
the slave trade business while in London and joins with the
abolitionists there to tell her own story.
Grace often remembers the Bible stories that Mama Muco told
her, especially the story of Esther. As she attempts to
work her way back to Cabeto, she embraces the thought that
she, like Esther, has come to where she is in life "for
such a time as this."
The VOYAGE OF PROMISE is a gripping story detailing the
history of slave trade in the late 1700s and depicting the
hope held onto by one young African woman. It tells of the
injustices done to the African people and shows the
determination of Grace to reunite with her husband, no
matter what the cost and no matter where that journey leads
her. Follow Grace's path to find Cabeto, and see how she
relies on God to bring her to her appointed place in time.
A truly inspirational story that will grip your heart.
She is safe, and she is free . . . but she is still alone.
Slavers burst into Grace Winslow's life with guns blazing
and tear her family apart forever. She watches in anguish
as her husband is led in chains aboard a tightly packed
slave ship bound for America . An old enemy has a more
sinister plan for Grace and prepares her for a different
kind of servitude in London . But Grace will not be
enslaved. And she will not give up on the man she loves.
In her determination to be reunited with her husband, she
finds God reaching out to her.
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