The acclaimed sequel to The Wings of the Morning. The Civil War is still 20 years away when Rose, an escaped mulatto slave, arrives in Pequot Landing and opens a free school for "colored misses." It fuels a firestorm between the powerful Talcott family—ardent abolitionists—and the wealthy, slave-owning Grimes family.
The acclaimed sequel to The Wings of the Morning. The Civil War is still 20 years away when Rose, an escaped mulatto slave, arrives in Pequot Landing and opens a free school for "colored misses." It fuels a firestorm between the powerful Talcott family—ardent abolitionists—and the wealthy, slave-owning Grimes family.