Tales From a Revolution: Maryland
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Size: 5.50 x 8.50 in
Pages: 200
Size: 5.50 x 8.50 in
Pages: 200
Maryland, 1776
The Spirit may move in mysterious ways
Prosper has enough to deal with on his plantation already... and then God speaks to him, and commands him to take a radical step toward freedom for all Americans, starting with his own enslaved field laborers.
Historical Context
Set in Maryland during the American Revolution, The Word explores the growing conflict between revolutionary ideals of liberty and the continued enslavement of thousands of people. Among those challenging slavery were itinerant Methodist preachers such as Freeborn Garrettson, a Maryland native who freed the people he himself enslaved and preached against slavery as he traveled. His ministry was part of a growing evangelical challenge to slaveholding that forced some Americans to confront how their religious convictions squared with the institution.
It was a rainy Tuesday afternoon when God first spoke to Prosper Creale. The smell of the last season's thawing manure rose from the field around him, almost thick enough to see, and Prosper was pondering whether the mud that pulled at his boots would nourish the precious, hoarded seed stock, when he heard a clear, firm voice in his ear.
READ MORE"Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."
Prosper whirled around, looking for whatever prankster had crept up on him to quote Scripture with no context. He stood alone, surrounded by ten open acres or more of unplowed soil, broken up only by rivulets of water, refreshed by another band of rain that swept over the field toward him.
His eyes narrowed, and a deep frown came over his face, creasing the early-developing lines between his eyebrows. He had heard about people who heard voices from nowhere, and he didn't particularly want to find himself in their company.
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