Johns is a struggling single father of three in the mid
1800s, attempting to raise healthy children with a positive moral grasp of the
horrors of slavery. He’s struggling to feed his kids on a teachers salary.
Also, there’s lots of negative views from friends and relatives concerning his
views on black americans. Especially from his brother who owns a small plantation
in the south. His brother has offered handouts to help Johns, but Johns
refuses, as his late wife would never have approved of accepting money
generated by slavery. When Johns’ brother dies and Johns inherits the
plantation and the slaves. He wants to free the slaves, but if he does, he
knows that he will lose the property and be unable to feed his children. He
tries to befriend the slaves and do right by them while persuading them to
stay, but it’s virtually impossible and of course his kids are learning that
slavery means they get to eat. Emancipation means that they go hungry.
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