The Slave Owner's Daughter

In 1774, Colonel John Hampton-a wealthy plantation owner in Northern Virginia-purchases a strapping sixteen-year-old male slave as a gift to celebrate his daughter's fourteenth birthday.

For months, young Matilda Hampton watches Zeke from afar as he labors carrying tobacco bales and helping elderly slaves with their tasks near the main house. Raised to believe that Black people had been cursed by God, Matilda's mind battles her strong feelings for Zeke against the overwhelming cultural norms...