Darkness
A Slave's Story
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Ya'll, let me tell you my story!Glad you could find your way here, and I welcome you to the Sellers Plantation here in the deep south of Mobile, Alabama. I'm anxious to get started with my story tellin,' so, I'm sharin' a little bout the story that I be tellin' to ya'll down below. When I wuz born, I be given the name Gertrude Ida Rollins, but as I be growin' folks just be callin' me Ms. Gertie. I wuz born in Mobile, Alabama in the year eighteen and eighty-eight. Yes, that be a long time ago for most of ya'll, but I thinks it be good to be learnin' bout the history that be comin' before you...
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Sailor, and his full life !
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"Reed's writing opened all of my senses, allowing me to smell the smells or hear the action in ways some books only dream of." --Black&Bookish.com Review "I was impressed with the author's ability to draw one into the story, and appreciated how she wove her story around such an important, life-changing subject... I loved this novel." --5 Star Review Alyssa Elmore, Reader's Favorite Reviewer "The themes of sisterhood and financial freedom, prominent in the book, are very relevant to many women today. I especially liked how the women stood together and helped each other out when any of them ...
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Narration
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3 out of 5 stars
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- Danielle Adkins
- 09-03-24
I've read/listened to MUCH better
The beginning of this does say written for a middle school audience BUUUT I read beyond this as a 6-8th grader. I'm 51, and I listened for 30+ minutes and it's like listening to a 1st grader poorly read it's first book with the faultering sentences, stops, and all..I can't finish this junk. Don't waste your time.
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