Band of Angels
Hamish Bond is a plantation owner who has a secret past of slave trading. Rau-ru is a freedom-yearning slave who has been raised as a son by Bond. Amantha Starr is a fiery belle who goes on the auction block when her part-African heritage is revealed - and is sold to Bond. She loathes Bond at first but is eventually won over.
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- Random House
- Year
- 1956
- ISBN-13
- 9780451028266
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- SlaveryRacial identityCivil War-era South
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1956)
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