Chariot on the Mountain

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Chariot on the Mountain

Based on little-known true events, this astonishing account from Emmy and PeabodyÂ Award-winning journalist Jack Ford vividly recreates a treacherous journey toward freedom, a time when the traditions of the Old South still thrivedâ€”and is a testament to determination, friendship, and courage . . . Â
Two decades before the Civil War, a middle-class farmer named Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. She is one of the Maddox familyâ€™s slavesâ€”and Samuelâ€™s biological daughter. When Samuelâ€™s wife, Mary, inherits her husbandâ€™s property, she will own Kitty, too, along with Kittyâ€™s three small children.
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Already in her fifties and with no children of her own, Mary Maddox has struggled to accept her husbandâ€™s daughter, a strong-willed, confident, educated woman who works in the house and has been treated more like family than slave. After Samuelâ€™s death, Mary decides to grant Kitty and her children their freedom, and travels with them to Pennsylvania, where she will file papers declaring Kittyâ€™s emancipation. Helped on their perilous flight by Quaker families along the Underground Railroad, they finally reach the free state. But Kitty is not yet safe.
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Dragged back to Virginia by a gang of slave catchers led by Samuelâ€™s own nephew, who is determined to sell her and her children, Kitty takes a defiant step: charging the younger Maddox with kidnapping and assault. On the surface, the move is brave yet hopeless. But Kitty has alliesâ€”her former mistress, Mary, and Fanny Withers, a rich and influential socialite who is persuaded to adopt Kittyâ€™s cause and uses her resources and charm to secure a lawyer. The sensational trial that follows will decide the fate of Kitty and her childrenâ€”and bond three extraordinary yet very different women together in their quest for justice.

Country	USA
Author	Jack Ford
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781496713117
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Kensington
Manufacturer	Kensington
NumberOfPages	320
PublicationDate	2018-07-31
Publisher	Kensington
ReleaseDate	2018-07-31
Studio	Kensington

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