In the Gambia River region of 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, welcomed a son named Kunta into the world. Fifteen years later, in 1767, Kunta was abducted and sold into the hands of British slave traders. He arrived in Maryland, where…

Beneath the shadow of the British presence, emissaries in scarlet uniforms sought to entice enslaved people to desert their bonds and fight for the English cause. Kunta, however, chose a different path, fleeing towards freedom. Yet, his esc…

George rose to prominence as a skilled trainer of gamecocks, eventually earning the moniker "Chicken George." He married Matilda, the daughter of a local preacher, and they had a large family. Tom Lea, after losing a bet to an Englishman, w…

Twenty years had passed since Chicken George last set foot on the Lea farm. His return was not a welcome one; his son, Tom, carried a deep-seated resentment toward him. George and Cyrus enlisted together in the Memphis Colored Battery. Afte…