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Leaving the Plantation
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Leaving the Plantation

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Imagine your life being so hard and so bleak that all you had to look forward to was dying. This was the case for a little girl named Allis, who lived in the slave quarters of a Louisiana plantation in the old south. The only thing that made life bearable for the child was listening to her mama talk at night about a glorious place called Heaven that they would go to someday after all of Master's cotton fields had been picked. As she listened, Allis was filled with an intense longing for a life where there was no pain or sorrow...no back-breaking work from sunup to sundown or the sting of a whip. While the little girl knew she would never be free in this life, Mama had instilled in her a belief that a better world was coming. Clinging to that hope, Allis toiled under a scorching summer sun alongside her mama, daydreaming about the day when she would leave the plantation for good. In the child's mind, it couldn't come soon enough.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Balboa Press
Date
10 March 2025
Pages
70
ISBN
9798765260852

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Imagine your life being so hard and so bleak that all you had to look forward to was dying. This was the case for a little girl named Allis, who lived in the slave quarters of a Louisiana plantation in the old south. The only thing that made life bearable for the child was listening to her mama talk at night about a glorious place called Heaven that they would go to someday after all of Master's cotton fields had been picked. As she listened, Allis was filled with an intense longing for a life where there was no pain or sorrow...no back-breaking work from sunup to sundown or the sting of a whip. While the little girl knew she would never be free in this life, Mama had instilled in her a belief that a better world was coming. Clinging to that hope, Allis toiled under a scorching summer sun alongside her mama, daydreaming about the day when she would leave the plantation for good. In the child's mind, it couldn't come soon enough.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Balboa Press
Date
10 March 2025
Pages
70
ISBN
9798765260852