Child of the River

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Child of the River carries the reader from war torn Vicksburg, Mississippi, to a plantation of Big Black River, a KKK meeting in an unnamed southern city to Boston, Massachusetts, as well as to Menard County, Texas, a quaint little town at the extreme edge of the frontier and Comanche Indian country. The Civil War brought heartache to America as literally thousands died in the battles. Thousands more were maimed... brother against brother and friend against friend as men chose sides. It lasted four long years from 1861 to 1865, yet it was a necessary evil to bring freedom to the Negro slaves who were brought to this country against their will for involuntary servitude. 140,414 Union solders died in the struggle. Confederate losses were not recorded in history, but the number of the dead and wounded must have been tremendous.Contrary to popular belief that slavery was just a southern wrong-doing, the practice of selling human beings on the auction block began north of...