Moor America tells the story of Jade, a house slave at the notorious Chill Rock Manor Plantation who escapes to the "promised land" of Melvin, an uncharacteristic slave owner in the antebellum south. When Jade becomes the first runaway ...See moreMoor America tells the story of Jade, a house slave at the notorious Chill Rock Manor Plantation who escapes to the "promised land" of Melvin, an uncharacteristic slave owner in the antebellum south. When Jade becomes the first runaway slave to escape Chill Rock, she makes it to a black plantation where freedom is the norm. Jade acclimates herself and falls for Melvin, the head of her new residence. Melvin, a third generation slaver of Muslim descent (Moor) must manage his own plantation while keeping his new love protected from a slave owner who'll do anything to avoid a tarnished reputation. Moor America turns history upside down. It shows the realness, brutality, and cruelty of slavery from a viewpoint never shown before. Moor America is a show of power in the days of slavery from those who never had it.
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