A grandfather confronted with the fact that his family is woefully ignorant about their own lineage and legacy is determined to educate them.
So begins the tale of his great-great-grandmother, Annabelle.
Annabelle was a slave born on a cotton plantation in Mississippi and raised as a house servant thanks to the plantation master's daughters having a fondness for her.
The youngest daughter protects her as best she can from the wrath of the cruel master and his wife, but then marries and.