Daniel is a protector, and the author effectively shows that his experience being enslaved was not traumatic only because of his own suffering, but also because being unable to protect the people around him on the plantation made him feel like a failure. Daniel was kidnapped out of his life as a trainee-attorney Northern freeman to be sold into slavery. The strongest aspect of this story by far is the intersection of history and character.
This story is honest, raw, and dark, and while the romance isn’t as strong as I’d have liked, I still recommend An Unconditional Freedom as a deeply affecting read. By contrast, Janeta – whose Cuban plantation owner father freed her enslaved mother and then married her – is there to spy on the spies, hoping to gain information that will buy her father’s freedom from Union prison.
Born free and then sold into slavery, Daniel uses the League to provide structure for vengeance against, in particular, the Sons of the Confederacy organization. Daniel Cumberland and Janeta Sanchez could not have joined the Loyal League for more different reasons.
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