Rented Silence: The Birthplace of Slavery

by Lucia Mann

From the "African Freedom Series"

TWO TINY NEWBORNS WERE BURIED ALIVE IN A COMPOST PIT, covered with corn husks and left to die. A hungry wild dog, saliva flowing, stood impatiently over the mound. As it started to dig out its prey, an escaped slave whooshed it away. Drawn by the sound of a weak human cry, the runaway cautiously approached the mournful whimper. What could provoke a new mother to bury her twin babies alive? A will to protect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979480590
• ISBN13: 9780979480591
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Grassroots Publishing Group
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"