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Band of Angels

by Robert Penn Warren (1955)

About this book

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.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters

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