A Reckoning

by Linda Spalding

Book Overview

1855, Virginia: the Dickinson farm, run by brothers Benjamin and John, is visited by a Northern abolitionist who secretly distributes compasses, maps, and knives to the people enslaved there. Bry is the first slave to flee, determined to find his mother and daughter already in Canada. His escape inspires a dozen others.

Without their labor, the farm falters and is forfeited to the bank. John Dickinson, who is also a circuit-riding preacher,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525435123
• ISBN13: 9780525435129
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.1"