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Ex-slave Persimmon ("Persy") Wilson narrates the story of his life from a jail cell. He relates how he came to be owned by a man named Wilson and how the love of his life, Chloe, Wilson's concubine, came to share their doomed relationship. Wilson owned a Louisiana sugar plantation, and when it became clear that the South would lose the war, he loaded his slaves onto a river...Log In or Sign Up to Read More