Author To Discuss Slaves At Roswell's Bulloch Hall

ROSWELL, GA - From Friends of Bulloch Hall: In honor of Black History Month, historian and author Connie M. Huddleston will speak about Bulloch Hall’s enslaved population, especially Luke Monroe and Grace Robinson, and will launch her new historical fiction book, Leah’s Story. Huddleston’s book presents a fictional account of one of the Bulloch slaves from early childhood to Emancipation and beyond. Additionally, Bulloch Hall will unveil their new exhibit panel about the Bulloch family’s slaves. The book launch is Feb 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Bulloch Hall’s Osage Room and is free, but reservations are required.

Leah's Story tells of an African-American girl born on a rice plantation, who grows up serving her rich owners in Georgia. Her life, like so many others, could have ended there were it not for a bit of education and Emancipation, which gave her, and later her children, opportunities to fulfill their dreams. Told in journal form, taken down by the mysterious “Miss Elliott,” Leah’s personal history comes to life like the tiny birds she carves, revealing a lifetime of love and opportunity amidst a culture filled with hardship, pain, and loss.

Leah’s Story - available in paperback for $7.99 and in ebook for Kindle and Nook for $4.99.

Photo courtesy of Friends of Bulloch Hall, Connie M. Huddleston