The love that Thaddeus and Amy feel for one another can get them
both killed. He is colored, an ex-slave, and she is white. In 19th
century Louisiana mixed race relationships are both illegal and
unacceptable.
Moss Grove, a large Mississippi River cotton plantation has
thrived from the use of slave labor while its owners lived lives of
comfort and privilege. Thaddeus, born more than a decade earlier
from the rape of a young field slave by the heir to the plantation,
is raised as a Moss Grove house servant. His presence remains a
thorn in the side of the man who sired him.
Deepening divisiveness between North and South launches the
Civil War and changes Moss Grove in ways no one could have
anticipated. With the war swirling we see the battles and carnage
through Thaddeus' eyes. The war ends and he returns to Moss Grove
and to Amy, hoping to enjoy their newly won freedoms. With the help
of Union soldiers, schools are established to educate those who
were formerly prohibited from learning to read. Medical clinics are
opened and businesses begun. Black legislators are elected and help
to pass new laws. Hope flourishes. Perhaps the stars will now
finally align for the young lovers.
In 1876, however, the ex-Confederate states barter the selection
of President Rutherford B. Hayes for removal of all Union troops
from their soil in the most contested election in American history.
Within a decade hopes are dashed as Jim Crow laws are passed, the
Ku Klux Klan launches new violence, and black progress is
crushed.
"'When Stars Align'" is a soaring novel of memorable white,
Negro and colored men and women set against actual historic
events.
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