Mar 10, 2025
One of the best things about historical fiction is when authors show parts that we might not know as much about. Listen in as I chat with Tara Johnson about the Irish slaves sent to the Americas and the abolitionists who tried to put a stop to slavery altogether!
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Too few books show the full scope of the ugly slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, but Tara Johnson has kicked off an excellent series featuring slavers and abolitionists, slaves and freemen, and the God Whose love should break all chains and set all captives free--physically and spiritually.
To Speak His Name by Tara Johnson
Avalina is a woman trapped in silence. Stolen from her home in
Ireland and sold as a slave to a Barbados plantation owner, the
trauma of her past has left her mute, wrapped in a prison of
loneliness and isolation amid an island of beauty. Though she longs
to be free from the cruelty of her overseer, her heart yearns for a
greater freedom…something just beyond her grasp.
Josiah Holland has been born into a South Carolina slave-holding
family but all it takes is one trip to the island of Barbados to
open his eyes to the ugly cruelty that abounds beyond the confines
of his plantation. With the aid of fiery abolitionist Benjamin
McGee, Josiah forges a new future, fighting the very ideals he was
once a part of.
When Avalina and Josiah’s lives entwine, will their spark engulf
them in destruction, or ignite a revolution?
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