The Buck Breaking Of Jupiter Williams
Jupiter Williams was once a free young man, filled with love, culture, and laughter. But in a single violent moment, he is ripped from his African village and thrust into the hellish depths of the transatlantic slave trade. Surviving the Middle Passage, he arrives on a South Carolina plantation where his captors aim to strip him of everything—his name, his heritage, his body, and his will.
But Jupiter is not alone.
Within the brutal confines of James Williams' plantation, a quiet rebellion brews. The enslaved whisper stories of resistance through songs, glances, and prayers. In the shadows, bonds are formed—some of solidarity, some of love. Among them, Jupiter finds connection not only in shared suffering, but in unexpected tenderness. The novel delicately weaves in Jupiter's same-gender love and longing, a radical act of identity in a world that deems his existence disposable.
When Jupiter becomes the target of a savage public punishment meant to shatter him—the infamous "buck breaking"—his silence becomes louder than any scream. It is the turning point that transforms quiet defiance into collective action. With strength born from shared trauma and queer resilience, Jupiter leads a daring escape that challenges the very foundations of slavery.
This is not just a story of bondage. It is a story of survival, resistance, forbidden love, and the undying power of identity.
The Buck Breaking of Jupiter Williams is a hauntingly poetic, brutally honest, and fiercely liberating novel that reclaims Black and queer voices from the margins of history—and brings their stories to the
forefront.
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But Jupiter is not alone.
Within the brutal confines of James Williams' plantation, a quiet rebellion brews. The enslaved whisper stories of resistance through songs, glances, and prayers. In the shadows, bonds are formed—some of solidarity, some of love. Among them, Jupiter finds connection not only in shared suffering, but in unexpected tenderness. The novel delicately weaves in Jupiter's same-gender love and longing, a radical act of identity in a world that deems his existence disposable.
When Jupiter becomes the target of a savage public punishment meant to shatter him—the infamous "buck breaking"—his silence becomes louder than any scream. It is the turning point that transforms quiet defiance into collective action. With strength born from shared trauma and queer resilience, Jupiter leads a daring escape that challenges the very foundations of slavery.
This is not just a story of bondage. It is a story of survival, resistance, forbidden love, and the undying power of identity.
The Buck Breaking of Jupiter Williams is a hauntingly poetic, brutally honest, and fiercely liberating novel that reclaims Black and queer voices from the margins of history—and brings their stories to the
forefront.
The Buck Breaking Of Jupiter Williams
Jupiter Williams was once a free young man, filled with love, culture, and laughter. But in a single violent moment, he is ripped from his African village and thrust into the hellish depths of the transatlantic slave trade. Surviving the Middle Passage, he arrives on a South Carolina plantation where his captors aim to strip him of everything—his name, his heritage, his body, and his will.
But Jupiter is not alone.
Within the brutal confines of James Williams' plantation, a quiet rebellion brews. The enslaved whisper stories of resistance through songs, glances, and prayers. In the shadows, bonds are formed—some of solidarity, some of love. Among them, Jupiter finds connection not only in shared suffering, but in unexpected tenderness. The novel delicately weaves in Jupiter's same-gender love and longing, a radical act of identity in a world that deems his existence disposable.
When Jupiter becomes the target of a savage public punishment meant to shatter him—the infamous "buck breaking"—his silence becomes louder than any scream. It is the turning point that transforms quiet defiance into collective action. With strength born from shared trauma and queer resilience, Jupiter leads a daring escape that challenges the very foundations of slavery.
This is not just a story of bondage. It is a story of survival, resistance, forbidden love, and the undying power of identity.
The Buck Breaking of Jupiter Williams is a hauntingly poetic, brutally honest, and fiercely liberating novel that reclaims Black and queer voices from the margins of history—and brings their stories to the
forefront.
But Jupiter is not alone.
Within the brutal confines of James Williams' plantation, a quiet rebellion brews. The enslaved whisper stories of resistance through songs, glances, and prayers. In the shadows, bonds are formed—some of solidarity, some of love. Among them, Jupiter finds connection not only in shared suffering, but in unexpected tenderness. The novel delicately weaves in Jupiter's same-gender love and longing, a radical act of identity in a world that deems his existence disposable.
When Jupiter becomes the target of a savage public punishment meant to shatter him—the infamous "buck breaking"—his silence becomes louder than any scream. It is the turning point that transforms quiet defiance into collective action. With strength born from shared trauma and queer resilience, Jupiter leads a daring escape that challenges the very foundations of slavery.
This is not just a story of bondage. It is a story of survival, resistance, forbidden love, and the undying power of identity.
The Buck Breaking of Jupiter Williams is a hauntingly poetic, brutally honest, and fiercely liberating novel that reclaims Black and queer voices from the margins of history—and brings their stories to the
forefront.
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| BN ID: | 2940184521602 |
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| Publisher: | Tai'kirsten Johnson |
| Publication date: | 08/16/2025 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 286 KB |
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