A Journey to Freedom

Born on the Defour plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, before the Civil War, Koweena's early life is fraught with uncertainty. She doesn't look like the other slave girls. Her skin isn't as dark, her hair is brown instead of black, and she is treated diff erently by other slaves. Yet her mother refuses to answer her questions.

The day Koweena meets Julie, the daughter of the plantation owner, her life changes forever. Koweena is allowed to play in the "big house," and she realizes that ther...