Prospect Hill: the Strange and Beguiling Story of a Contested Will, a Missing Piano, a Forgotten Mississippi Plantation, and Its Free
- List Price: $24.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hill Street Press
- Publish date: 04/01/2002
Description:
Packed with drama and combining the elements of historical fact with contemporary insight, Prospect Hill vividly recounts the history of Prospect Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi in the 1840s -- when owner Issac Ross reiterates his desire for the repatriation of his slaves as he is lying on his death bed -- and then moves to the story as seen through the eyes of the descendants of slaves and slave holders in Mississippi and Liberia -- where the shockwaves of the events of the 1840s continue to be felt today.
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In tracking down the descendants of Prospect Hill, Huffman discovers that, "History is like science: It's about energy changing form, sometimes in profound, arresting and mysterious ways". The reader follows Huffman on the detective trail, piecing together the conflicting versions of what happened in the 1840s in Mississippi and what hand history has dealt the diverse group of people in Mississippi and Liberia whose lives are linked today by those events.
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