Chariot on the Mountain

A formerly enslaved woman's remarkable story of pressing charges on her captors is vividly captured in this historical novel based on true events.

Two decades before the Civil War, middle-class farmer Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. Not only is she is kept by the Maddox family as a slave, she is also Samuel's daughter. But after his death, Samuel's wife Mary grants Kitty and her children their fr...