Freedom Run!: The first book from the To Africa's Aid Trilogy - Tapa blanda

Take a journey to a time, and place that will forever change the way you think about slaves, and the institution of slavery. This is a realistic fiction, historically based story that will take you to a place that existed long ago. It is a story that will make you laugh, cry, it may even make you mad, but most of all, it will make you think. Think about all that has been gained, and lost, over a period of five hundred years. The Priests of Africa were given a plan for escaping slavery, long before becoming slaves. With the help, and strength of God, and their ancestors, they attempted an escape of monumental proportions that escaped the pages of history. Find out how these slaves refused slavery, and took up arms to free themselves. Manny, learns a story of a slave rebellion, and the Black Masonic Order that will change his life forever. A story that was long lost over time, through the perilous journey of slavery. He will realize that, despite his dysfunctional family, and lack of education, his life still had hope, and purpose. Take the journey down the Mississippi River, and never be the same again. The secrets that are entwined in this novel will blow your mind away. It will grip your emotions like nothing you ever read. This is not just a story, but an adventure through time. Enjoy and God Bless!

I spent most of my childhood in the Virgin Islands with my mother, three sisters, and step father. At the tender age of sixteen I left the island to live with my biological dad in West Palm Beach Florida. There I attended high school, and there is where I faced racism truly for the very first time. I witnessed black, and white students calling each other racial names, and fighting for seemingly nothing at all. It was the first time I realized that things weren't what they seemed to be on the t.v sets portraying the free America I came to. Upon graduating from high school, I joined the U.S. Navy, and was victim to racial name calling, innuendoes, profiling, stereotyping, career tampering, and much, much more. What was most surprising was not the fact that I faced it from whites, but from blacks who felt that their place in life was the place the system gave them, which was almost always nothing, and nowhere. After my military experience and travels, I decided to attend college, and obtain a degree in education. I decided on Florida A&M University in Tallahassee Florida because of its rich African American heritage, and close location to the islands. In Tallahassee Florida I continued to face racism at extreme levels by not just the individual white community, but by law enforcement, and the judicial system. Unfair punishments where constantly handed down to black students, to hinder their opportunities of success in the future even after obtaining a degree. In a country that clamed to be free, I found this to be particularly unfair, and unjust treatment for the struggling black communities. These continuing racially charged experiences, led me to many realizations about our current civilization, and where it will end up. GOD BLESS.