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She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlant, Deborah G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDeborah G. Plant is an African American Literature and Africana Studies Independent Scholar and literary critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Herod the Great\u003c\/em\u003e (2025) by Zora Neale Hurston and author of \u003cem\u003eOf Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All\u003c\/em\u003e (2024); editor of \u003cem\u003eBarracoon: The Story of the Last \"Black Cargo\u003c\/em\u003e\" (2018), a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, by Zora Neale Hurston; and author of \u003cem\u003eAlice Walker: A Woman for Our Times \u003c\/em\u003e(2017), a philosophical biography. 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Shielded by her mother's position as the estate's medicine woman and cherished by the Master's sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe'd been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer's cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadeqa Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 37 Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982149116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadeqa Johnson is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, was an instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, Reese's Book Club selection, NAACP Image Award nominee, and Goodreads Choice award finalist. Her previous novel, \u003ci\u003eYellow Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, was the Library of Virginia's Literary People's Choice Award winner, Goodreads Choice Award finalist, Hurston\/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist, and a BCALA Literary Award honoree. Originally from Philadelphia, Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond, Virginia. 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