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Yellow wife, Sadeqa Johnson

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Sadeqa Johnson

Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. Instead she finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half-Acre, a jail where slaves are broken, tortured, and sold every day. Forced to become the mistress of the brutal man who owns the jail, Pheby's survival lies in outwitting him-- even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. -- adapted from jacket

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Part One: Bell Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, 1850 -- Chapter 1: The Bell Plantation -- Chapter 2: Master's Promise -- Chapter 3: Mistress of the House -- Chapter 4: Evil Women Do -- Chapter 5: Betrayal -- Chapter 6: Homecoming -- Chapter 7: Delivery -- Chapter 8: Snitch -- Chapter 9: The Funeral -- Part Two: The Devil's Half Acre -- Chapter 10: Marched -- Chapter 11: The Lapier Jail -- Chapter 12: Elsie -- Chapter 13: Favor -- Chapter 14: Christmas 1850 -- Chapter 15: Fancy -- Chapter 16: Motherhood -- Chapter 17: SplinteredChapter 18: Deliver Me Lord -- Chapter 19: Keys of Delight -- Chapter 20: Second Coming -- Chapter 21: Sissy -- Chapter 22: The Hickory -- Chapter 23: Barefoot -- Chapter 24: Sons, Then Heirs -- Chapter 25: Undone -- Chapter 26: Fly Birdie -- Part Three: Bully Trader -- Chapter 27: Auction -- Chapter 28: The Boston Lion -- Chapter 29: Reunited -- Chapter 30: The Letter -- Chapter 31: My Charges -- Chapter 32: Back Talk -- Chapter 33: The Vigil -- Chapter 34: Little Time -- Chapter 35: Beautiful -- Chapter 36: Falling -- Chapter 37: Come by Here, My Lord -- Chapter 38: GroundedChapter 39: Sick and Tired -- Chapter 40: Fattened for Slaughter -- Epilogue -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright