Bound Fo' Glory

I loved this series. My only complaint is that there are only 5 five in the series. I love how the the Gullah language sounds. I had not heard of the Gullah people off the coast of South Carolina until I started reading this excellent series.. Even though the author sometimes uses the Gullah Language which is pidgin English her meaning was always clear. The characters are well defined so you really get to know them and their hearts. This books stands alone to read or you call read all 5. This is the story of the surviving members of the once magnificent Weldon Oaks plantation in the south Sea Islands of South Carolina. This is the last book in this series. Master Gilbert dies of the Weldon Oaks plantation.s.His Son Gilly almost dies in a rat infested Yankee prison. His wife and his daughter Laura May go to a nearby town to live with a woman cousin.The Yankees take over and ruin the Weldon Oaks plantation.Some of the Slaves stay on the plantation: Mama Beezie the elderly slave nurse and her crippled granddaughter, Angel stay in their slave cabin. The stable hand Samuel becomes minister to black slaves in the area. Zach, Gilly's childhood best friend finds his place in the Yankee Army. Some of the slaves do away with Cudjo, the former cruel white slave master. Incredible changes as the war progresses sweep all through their lives.