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Antebellum Struggles #2
Keeper of Slaves
Keeper of Slaves is Book Two of the Antebellum Struggles series. The lives of the plantation owner, Colonel Trent Winters, his wife, Collette, the slaves, Tabari and Amana, and the myriad of other characters continue in this moving tale of slavery, lust and freedom. The Underground Railroad, Fugitive Slave Act, and their impact on the lives of citizens come to life in the 1850s era set in New Orleans and the Deep South.
260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 30, 2018
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February 24, 2020
Jean38no
I enjoyed this second book of the slaves and plantation. It depicts the lives of the slaves why they would want freedom. It also tells how the southern economy was built on slavery. slaves doing the work that one planter couldn’t possibly get done. So southerners felt they had a right to keep slaves because they knew if they didn’t their whole system of wealth would collapse. They built into this system a way to keep most of the slaves from running by being cruel and torturing any slave for the least infraction. Then they had the slave hunters who were unusually cruel. Often extracting a type of revenge on the slave for daring to run. This also made the slave hunter feel superior to the Black slave as the slave hunters were usually lower class whites. The only reason they weren’t doing slave work is they were white. I like how the author weaved these narratives through his story. How there were some people (White) that felt slavery was wrong. They were willing to risk their own life to help a slave escape slavery. I’m anxious the read the third book as it seems it’s leading toward the civil war. Very good reading . I think any history buff as myself would enjoy these books!
I enjoyed this second book of the slaves and plantation. It depicts the lives of the slaves why they would want freedom. It also tells how the southern economy was built on slavery. slaves doing the work that one planter couldn’t possibly get done. So southerners felt they had a right to keep slaves because they knew if they didn’t their whole system of wealth would collapse. They built into this system a way to keep most of the slaves from running by being cruel and torturing any slave for the least infraction. Then they had the slave hunters who were unusually cruel. Often extracting a type of revenge on the slave for daring to run. This also made the slave hunter feel superior to the Black slave as the slave hunters were usually lower class whites. The only reason they weren’t doing slave work is they were white. I like how the author weaved these narratives through his story. How there were some people (White) that felt slavery was wrong. They were willing to risk their own life to help a slave escape slavery. I’m anxious the read the third book as it seems it’s leading toward the civil war. Very good reading . I think any history buff as myself would enjoy these books!
April 19, 2019
Please don't waste readers’ money and hire an editor. How can we thoroughly enjoy your novel if we are continually pulled from the story because of the incorrect use of punctuation?
June 2, 2020
Freedom is everything
It's a dream that haunts all those in slavery. Tabari may have found it. A Northern country that lets freedom ring. Can it be that easy? Even today the dream depends on who wants to believe in that dream enough to fight for it. Tabari is there and his dream is real, for now.
It's a dream that haunts all those in slavery. Tabari may have found it. A Northern country that lets freedom ring. Can it be that easy? Even today the dream depends on who wants to believe in that dream enough to fight for it. Tabari is there and his dream is real, for now.
December 14, 2021
Good read
The story was interesting although I doubt anyone in 1850 would have said the reason why the ghost ship had no occupants was because "aliens from space" took them! They most likely would have believed it was a Kraken. The concept of space travel was a little bit before thier time in 1850.
The story was interesting although I doubt anyone in 1850 would have said the reason why the ghost ship had no occupants was because "aliens from space" took them! They most likely would have believed it was a Kraken. The concept of space travel was a little bit before thier time in 1850.
January 16, 2022
Great story telling
The imagination that it takes to write series of historical events. The time a it takes research of the events and locations. Which takes the reader to another time and place that make reading such joy.
The imagination that it takes to write series of historical events. The time a it takes research of the events and locations. Which takes the reader to another time and place that make reading such joy.
April 30, 2019
Values, Ethics, Character in Play
The reading brings you into a period when lives based on ethical dilemma took place.Right versus Wrong had to unmasked.
The reading brings you into a period when lives based on ethical dilemma took place.Right versus Wrong had to unmasked.
May 17, 2019
a happy ending but a lot of useless chatter in this book.
January 18, 2020
LR
Mixed emotions. The writing is smoother than the first but it doesn’t lead me to want to read the third. Full of curse words but at the end they get religious 😐
Mixed emotions. The writing is smoother than the first but it doesn’t lead me to want to read the third. Full of curse words but at the end they get religious 😐
November 14, 2020
Free
Tabari was lucky to be friended and helped to escape slavery. Colette is growing up facing life. Caroline is still to face her heartbreak. War is coming
Tabari was lucky to be friended and helped to escape slavery. Colette is growing up facing life. Caroline is still to face her heartbreak. War is coming
February 20, 2021
Not the worst. Better than the first book I think but I did lose interest part way through and had to start reading again in the new year.
September 12, 2021
Loved it!
I’m really loving this series, the author did a great job. I feel I’m apart of the story. I want More!
I’m really loving this series, the author did a great job. I feel I’m apart of the story. I want More!
March 26, 2025
Keeper of the slaves
Wonderful book. Keep me interested the whole book. Great story regarding hoe slaves escaped from their masters into freedom . Great book.
Wonderful book. Keep me interested the whole book. Great story regarding hoe slaves escaped from their masters into freedom . Great book.
July 17, 2019
It was amazing just like the the first one Antebellum struggles I read each one in one day and now I'm waiting for the third one to come out.
Want to read
March 5, 2019Review
Readers' Favorite Keeper of Slaves: FIVE STARS! Book Two by Dickie Erman is a historical fiction tale set in the pre-Civil War days of America in the South.
This is the second part in a series of books based around the lives of some of the characters who live in New Orleans in the 1850s. The story introduces us to Trent, a plantation owner, and his wife, Collette. Trent has an affair with one of his slaves, Amana, and the resulting relationship dynamics of this are a major part of the story.
There is also Senator Jeb Harrison and his wife Caroline where Jeb is having an affair of his own and Collette and Caroline are in a relationship. Then there's also the slave Tabari and his struggle for freedom, and the help given to him by some of the people around at the risk of their own lives.
Besides these, there are several other characters and the story connects all of them in different ways as we read about their joys and triumphs, their sorrows, anxieties, and suffering, and of course the sheer horror and anguish of the slave life.
I found Keeper of Slaves: Book Two to be an engrossing story and the characters are well developed, real and relatable. Most of these men and women are people that are easy to imagine as probably existing in those times.
The characters have been portrayed with depth and detail and the writing itself is top-notch. I also appreciated that the book does not shy away from depicting the stark reality of slavery where possible. In fact, I hope that we see more of this in the future.
Overall, this is an extremely well-written book that I would recommend reading.
Gisela Dixon, Reader's Favorite
Readers' Favorite Keeper of Slaves: FIVE STARS! Book Two by Dickie Erman is a historical fiction tale set in the pre-Civil War days of America in the South.
This is the second part in a series of books based around the lives of some of the characters who live in New Orleans in the 1850s. The story introduces us to Trent, a plantation owner, and his wife, Collette. Trent has an affair with one of his slaves, Amana, and the resulting relationship dynamics of this are a major part of the story.
There is also Senator Jeb Harrison and his wife Caroline where Jeb is having an affair of his own and Collette and Caroline are in a relationship. Then there's also the slave Tabari and his struggle for freedom, and the help given to him by some of the people around at the risk of their own lives.
Besides these, there are several other characters and the story connects all of them in different ways as we read about their joys and triumphs, their sorrows, anxieties, and suffering, and of course the sheer horror and anguish of the slave life.
I found Keeper of Slaves: Book Two to be an engrossing story and the characters are well developed, real and relatable. Most of these men and women are people that are easy to imagine as probably existing in those times.
The characters have been portrayed with depth and detail and the writing itself is top-notch. I also appreciated that the book does not shy away from depicting the stark reality of slavery where possible. In fact, I hope that we see more of this in the future.
Overall, this is an extremely well-written book that I would recommend reading.
Gisela Dixon, Reader's Favorite
April 26, 2021
A great continuation of the story in Antebellum Struggles. Characters and ongoing story are developing nicely. Starting Book #3 today! Can’t wait to see what happens....
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