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Amantha Starr, who was sent to Ohio at age nine to receive an education, does not return to her father's Kentucky plantation until she learns of his death. At his graveside she is shocked to learn that her mother had been a plantation slave, and now she, Amantha, is being sold by her father...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Corporate Author: Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 (Inscriber)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, ©1955.
Subjects:
New Orleans (La.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Plantation life > Fiction.
Women slaves > Fiction.
Kentucky > Fiction.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Plantation life.
Racially mixed people.
Women slaves.
Kentucky.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
1861-1865
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Fiction.
History.
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Summary:Amantha Starr, who was sent to Ohio at age nine to receive an education, does not return to her father's Kentucky plantation until she learns of his death. At his graveside she is shocked to learn that her mother had been a plantation slave, and now she, Amantha, is being sold by her father's creditors. This is her story for a search of freedom.
Item Description:"First printing"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:375 pages ; 22 cm
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