Rom and the Promised Land

“I’se done sharecroppin’
for you. We’re leavin’.”

At the age of five, slave Rom Decker is freed by his owner. Blessed with a good mind and remarkable physical skills, he becomes a valued employee to the white family who freed him, and who educate him. Not fully understanding the plight of black slaves, Rom cannot understand why the slaves allow themselves to be so badly treated, and he develops contempt for his people. After the Civil War, Rom is outraged by the way the freed slaves are drawn...