K I Knight

Broschiertes Buch

Fate & Freedom

Book I - The Middle Passage

Beschreibung

2020 INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS WINNER - BEST SERIES 2015 FLORIDA AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS PRESIDENT'S BOOK AWARDS WINNER - BEST HISTORICAL FICTION GOLD 2018 AFRO AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER - ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION 2018 AFRO AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION A SERIES FOR ALL AGES. Torn from their homeland in Africa by brutal slave traders Margaret and John are shipped four thousand miles away to the silver mines of Mexico. Unexpectedly, the slaver is pirated at sea and the Calvinist Reverend turned Privateer, Captain Jope, takes Margaret and John to the shores of Virginia instead. Based on exhaustive genealogical and historical research, this epic novel traces the fate of the passengers on what has since become known as the "Black Mayflower." Margaret and John brave disease, Indian attacks, and political intrigue in England and America, as they are among the first Africans to settle in Virginia, long before slavery became institutionalized there. Set against the backdrop of warfare between Spain and England and the power struggles within the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown, Margaret and John's journey to freedom is a powerful saga of courage and survival at the dawn of America's history.

Autor

Kathryn Knight, who uses the pen name K I Knight, is an international award-winning Author, Genetic Genealogist, American Historian, Keynote Speaker, and Cemetery Preservationist. Over the last thirteen years, Knight has documented more than 20,000 hours researching the first recorded Africans to arrive in the English settlement of Virginia in 1619. Her passion is unrivaled and strongly evident in her published writings. Her literary work includes "Fate & Freedom," a five star - Gold medal historical trilogy detailing the lives of the 1619 Africans, as well as her nonfiction work, "Unveiled - The Twenty and Odd," for which she was awarded the Phillis Wheatley Literary Award by the Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage. Knight is a board member for several National Non-profit organizations and the member of the Florida numerous Genealogy, Historical and Literary Societies including the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, Florida State Genealogy Society, Virginia Genealogy Society, Virginia Historical Society, Florida Historical Society, American Historical Association, Genealogy Speakers Guild, Association of Professional Genealogists, the Alliance of Independent Authors, the National Association of Professional Women, and the Director of 1619 Genealogy. The mother of three adult children, Knight, lives in North Florida with her husband, Tom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: First Freedom Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9780990836513
• ISBN-10: 0990836517
• Artikelnr.: 47584804