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September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
ISBN: 1594319251
EAN: 9781594319259
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The Underground Railroad is an enduring symbol of the human
spirit’s rebellion against the institution of slavery. The
concurrent cause of women’s rights inspired and
strengthened this noble movement. LAST STOP FREEDOM draws
on both to tell the story of two women, one white, the
other black, who are trapped in bondage by the culture and
circumstances of those turbulent times.
Julia Bigsby is the repressed daughter of a widowed parson
in 1850's Troy, New York. Desperate to escape her dreary
life, she agrees to marry Nathaniel Hamilton, who owns a
cotton plantation in South Carolina. She soon comes to
regret her decision. Her husband is autocratic and
unyielding, her new family rejects her, and the South’s
brutal system of slavery violates every principle she holds
dear. Her attempts at rebellion meet with ever stricter
measures until her marriage becomes a prison worse than the
one imposed by her father. One constant keeps her sane: her
warm affection for her maid Fanny, a slave girl whose
intellect and stoic wisdom have inspired Julia’s respect
and admiration.
Fanny has come to her new mistress from a life fraught with
secrecy and insecurity. She is awed to discover that Julia
treats her as an equal and friend. This blessing is
compounded when she meets the estate’s blacksmith, the
gentle giant Jacob. They fall in love and marry, but
Nathaniel’s unbridled lust for Fanny threatens whatever
contentment they are able to find. Family chaos ensues,
prompting Nathaniel’s decision to sell Fanny away. Her only
hope of remaining with Jacob is for them to escape before
their master can act.
An agent of the Underground Railroad offers to spirit the
two slaves north to Canada and freedom. Life without Fanny
is too bleak for Julia to contemplate, and she decides to
flee with them. Thus begins a harrowing journey that tests
the fugitives’ ingenuity and resolve and brings Julia a
second chance at love and happiness.
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