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Wash

by Margaret Wrinkle · 2013

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When the pressures of early 1800s westward expansion and debt threaten to destroy everything he's built, a troubled Revolutionary War veteran embarks on an audacious plan involving setting one of his male slaves as his breeding sire.

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slaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 432 pages

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