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Gallows Road - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lisa Hall BrownellPublish date:2022-04-02Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:ELM Grove PressISBN-13:9781940863160ISBN-10:1940863163UPC:9781940863160Book Category:FictionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC9M2H6Q6H

A beautiful young servant is condemned to death for a crime that she swears she did not commit. Inspired by true events in 1750s Connecticut, Gallows Road takes readers on a harrowing journey of love, betrayal, and injustice.

Chafing against the strict confines of her life as an indentured servant, Mercy Bramble finds herself in a destructive relationship with her master, leading to her pregnancy. The mysterious death of her newborn puts Mercy's life in the hands of a jury, while three clergymen fight to save her soul. Raising issues of patriarchy, literacy, religious dogmatism, and capital punishment, Gallows Road builds to a climax that Kirkus Reviews calls "a nail-biter all the way."

Indentured servants - white or Native American men and women who often worked alongside black slaves - were forbidden to marry during the seven years they were bonded to service. Illegitimate births were common, and unwed mothers faced heavy fines and extended servitude. Set in a multiracial household in colonial New England, Gallows Roadsheds light on an often-forgotten chapter in America's past.


Language:EnglishPublisher:ELM Grove PressISBN-13:9781940863160ISBN-10:1940863163UPC:9781940863160Book Category:FictionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SC9M2H6Q6H
Publisher: ELM Grove Press

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