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The wedding gift
Despite their disparate circumstances, the lives of these two women in 1852 Alabama are inextricably entwined: Sarah, a slave who is the daughter of the master of a vast plantation and Theodora, his wife. Their journey is one that both binds them together and sets them free. When prestigious plantation owner, Cornelius Allen gives his daughter's hand in marriage, she takes with her a gift: Sarah -- her slave and her halfsister. Theodora knows that her daughter, Clarissa, is not the proper southern belle she appears to be with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind the façade of being a docile house slave as she plots to escape.
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- "Despite their disparate circumstances, the lives of these two women in 1852 Alabama are inextricably entwined: Sarah, a slave who is the daughter of the master of a vast plantation and Theodora, his wife. Their journey is one that both binds them together and sets them free. When prestigious plantation owner, Cornelius Allen gives his daughter's hand in marriage, she takes with her a gift: Sarah -- her slave and her halfsister. Theodora knows that her daughter, Clarissa, is not the proper southern belle she appears to be with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind the façade of being a docile house slave as she plots to escape."@en
- "What if, on her wedding day, you were given to your sister--as her slave? When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. The two girls have grown up together but their lives could not have been more different."
- "Given as a wedding gift the slave half-sister with whom she grew up, Sarah is subsequently rejected by her suspicious husband and returned to her parents' home, setting in motion a series of events that destabilize the once-powerful family."@en
- "When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen's daughter as well, the product of a long-term sexual relationship with his slave Emmeline. When Clarissa's husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends Clarissa and Sarah back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that will destroy the once-powerful family."@en
- "When prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa's hand in marriage, he presents her with a wedding gift: Sarah, the young slave with whom she was raised. Sarah is also Clarissa's half-sister, a product of Allen's longtime relationship with his house slave, Emmeline. Raised by an educated mother, Clarissa is not the proper Southern belle she appears to be, with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind the façade of being a docile house slave as she plots to escape. Both women bring these tumultuous secrets and desires with them to their new home. When Clarissa's husband suspects that their newborn son is illegitimate, Clarissa and Sarah are sent back to her parents, Cornelius and Theodora, in shame, setting in motion a series of events that will destroy this once powerful family."@en