Twenty-three year old Callie has lived in bondage at Oakheart Plantation since her birth.
Ten thousand newly freed people, like Callie and her fa.
Slavery ends across the surrounding sea islands after the planters flee.
Change occurs suddenly on November 7, 1861, when the Union Navy attacks Port Royal Sound in South Carolina.
She has become a valuable asset to her cruel master, Daniel Bowen, but Callie, her two brothers, and her young daughter struggle to cope with the outrages of enslavement.
Twenty-three year old Callie has lived in bondage at Oakheart Plantation since her birth