Book 1 in the Refiner's Fire series. The daughter of a wealthy slave-holding family from Richmond, Virginia, Caroline Fletcher is raised in a culture that believes slavery is God-ordained and biblically acceptable. But upon awakening to the cruelty and injustice it encompasses, Caroline's eyes are opened for the first time to the men and women who have cared tirelessly for her. Her journey of maturity and faith will draw her into the abolitionist...

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

"After spending a decade rescuing children from the child sex tourism industry, special agent Tim Ballard turns in his Homeland Security badge, feeling he could be more effective working outside the government. Ballard assembles a team of highly specialized individuals that infiltrate trafficking organizations and rescues innocent children."--Container.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography. In it he was able to go into greater detail about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery, as he and his family were no longer in any danger from the reception of his work. In this engrossing narrative he recounts early years of abuse; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves....

"Most people have heard about Harriet Tubman helping enslaved people emancipate themselves. But there were many others who helped enslaved people gain their freedom through the Underground Railroad. John. P. Parker was one of them, helping enslaved people cross the Ohio River to freedom. With key biographical information and related historical events, this Capstone Captivate book uncovers Parker's remarkable story."

When Harriet Beecher marries Calvin Stowe on January 6, 1836, she is sure her future will be filled romance, eventually a family, and continued opportunities to develop as a writer. Her husband Calvin is completely supportive and said she must be a literary woman. Harriet's sister, Catharine, worries she will lose her identity in marriage, but she is determined to preserve her independent spirit. Deeply religious, she strongly believes God

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"Richmond, Virginia, 1863. Compelled to atone for the sins of her slaveholding father, Union loyalist Sophie Kent risks everything to help end the war from within the Confederate capital and abolish slavery forever"--

"La esposa del pastor Calvin Stowe se encuentra destrozada tras la p�erdida de su �ultimo hijo. Despu�es de una depresi�on, decide regresar a la iglesia. Mientras el predicador est�a lanzando su mensaje tiene una visi�on que le animar�a a escribir una novela sobre la situaci�on de los esclavos en los Estados Unidos. Harriet Beecher Stowe se lanzar�a a esta Aventura, tras conocer a un esclavo fugitivo que le contar�a la incre�ible...

Traces the life of the Black woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.