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2010., PublishAmerica Call No: BLK Fic Gau Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: AMINATA is a successful metisse who builds international empires. But hasn't forgotten her nightmarish years as an orphan in Senegal. She vowed to repay the sins visited upon her family. Her story is of a daring, yet vulnerable woman who uses any means to scale the peaks of money and power but with the heart to give it up for the love that would make her life whole. The hero, a rich French nobleman, helps her locate one of the ex-soldiers. Aminata temporarily loses her man but perseveres while her enemies plot her demise and that of her empire. Aminata of Casamance combines historical facts with fictional characters. I have lived in all the places mentioned and created a fictional hero heroine who I think readers will sympathize with. Their difficulties lead to many international adventures and intrigues but end happily.
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2021., LifeRich Call No: BLK Bio M787a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In all the annals of slavery in the United States of America, there is no other story like that of the Montgomerys, they were freed by taking refuge in Ohio during the Civil War. Then they returned to the place of their bondage, legally freed by the Thirteenth Amendment. They bought and operated the plantations of their bondage, plus an adjacent plantation, and won numerous prizes for their cotton. And although this experiment failed, the idea of a permanent home for blacks did not. For Isaiah carried out his father’s lifelong plan of a permanent homeland for blacks and founded Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1887.
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2013., Publish America Call No: BLK Bio M788g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In all the annals of slavery in America, there is no other story like that of the Montgomerys; they were freed by taking refuge in Ohio. Then they returned to the place of their bondage, legally freed by the Thirteenth Amendment. They bought and operated the plantations of their bondage, plus an adjacent plantation, and, won numerous prizes for their cotton. And then, Isaiah carried out his father's dream of a homeland for blacks and founded Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1887!.
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c1996., Genesis Press Call No: BLK Fic Gau Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Indigo (Columbus, Miss.)