‘As the cart turned towards Oriskany, Helen realized that three generations were finally going to be together, and heading towards their own destines, free of the dreadful institution that had enslaved them all.’

I really liked this book and I was very reluctant at first because of the authors race. I didn’t want to read a book about how white people treated black people as though they aren’t humans and then went on to be their only hope to freedom especially from an author that might not be able to do it proper justice, but this turned out okay. It was nice to see how the women played a major role in this. Yeah they mostly got help from the people against slavery but the fact that they also took major steps towards their path to freedom was really nice to see. 

I also liked that we were reading this from two different perspectives. Imari’s and Helen’s. It was nice to see Helen’s growth and her path towards going against the rules of the society that ultimately put the whites above anyone else. But I mostly really liked Imari and Maggie. I would love a second book focused on their individual pasts and their journey towards their growing a familial relationship.

Overall it was a good read but it wasn’t necessarily perfect. Some parts felt really out of place and tone deaf but it somehow worked because of the extreme conditions during that time. You could also tell that this wasn’t written by an author of colour in so many instances and that sort of robbed off in the way you viewed some of the things that happened. I also felt like the ending was really rushed and not done properly. We could have had at least two more chapter to wrap it up but atleast we got to see that idiotic doctor killed off so that’s a plus.