The Underground Deception: The Promised Land
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Although rich in history, the Black American experience is often overlooked. The Underground Deception: The Promised Land tells the story of one of those forgotten moments in time. The quest for freedom in this country was waged on many fronts and the perils that existed were great and numerous.
In the land of Presidents Lincoln and now Obama, there exists a deep, dark secret that has been hidden in the annals of time and history with the hope of being forever forgotten. Illinois was a free state in the Union, which outlawed slavery; however, there existed a grandfather clause in the law. An old house in Southern Illinois harbors a secret of torture and death, owned by one man who was permitted to ignore the law.
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by black slaves to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of people who were sympathetic to their cause. The Underground Deception: The Promised Land is about the “reverse underground railroad” that existed in Illinois, which supported the kidnapping of free blacks, and the capturing of escaped slaves to be transported and sold back into slavery. It is the story of the man who profited most from this practice, building an empire with slave labor, and how he might have even been instrumental in helping elect a president. This plantation hid the dark secrets of slaves who lived there and the tortures they endured as well as their hopes and dreams, how they survived and their never-ending quest for freedom.
Some literary license has been taken, but this story is inspired by Hickory Hill Mansion and the actual events that took place there. You thought you had heard it all…but this is one you will never forget!
In the land of Presidents Lincoln and now Obama, there exists a deep, dark secret that has been hidden in the annals of time and history with the hope of being forever forgotten. Illinois was a free state in the Union, which outlawed slavery; however, there existed a grandfather clause in the law. An old house in Southern Illinois harbors a secret of torture and death, owned by one man who was permitted to ignore the law.
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by black slaves to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of people who were sympathetic to their cause. The Underground Deception: The Promised Land is about the “reverse underground railroad” that existed in Illinois, which supported the kidnapping of free blacks, and the capturing of escaped slaves to be transported and sold back into slavery. It is the story of the man who profited most from this practice, building an empire with slave labor, and how he might have even been instrumental in helping elect a president. This plantation hid the dark secrets of slaves who lived there and the tortures they endured as well as their hopes and dreams, how they survived and their never-ending quest for freedom.
Some literary license has been taken, but this story is inspired by Hickory Hill Mansion and the actual events that took place there. You thought you had heard it all…but this is one you will never forget!
