Cotton Fields
Beckett, Louisa
Lucy, a 17-year old slave girl, was born on the plantation, works on the plantation, and will most likely die on the plantation. She knows little of the world past the plantation, but that doesn't keep her from wondering about it. With the rare abilities to read and write, she knows there's a better life out there for her, it's just a matter of where. Deciding to find her better life, she runs away to the north, hoping to make a living for her...
