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by Lenne McGill Parrish (Editor), Sonny Bates (Author)
The Creole Affair depicts the historical events aboard the slave ship Brig Creole, en route from Hampton Roads, Virginia to New Orleans. Madison Washington, an ex-slave, is discovered on the ship down in the hold among the women. He fights off the ship's quartermaster and incites 19 slaves to join him in taking over the ship on November 7, 1841. Two days later, the ship drops anchor in Nassau, Bahamas. The U.S. and Great Britain square off nearly embarking upon war over Britain's refusal to return all of the Negroes to the U.S. slavery system. Discover the man Madison Washington, Frederick Douglass coined the Heroic Slave. Follow Madison's struggle during a time when Negro love was not protected by the legal system of the United States of America, and the fight for his woman, Twandi McCargo, for whom he would not be denied-nor his freedom. Set in mid-19th Century Halifax, Virginia, travel the road North, encounter Negro Mountain, experience a Cincinnati abolition riot and relive the nautical adventure to British Nassau where Gambier Village was instituted for the emancipated Negroes aboard the slave ship Brig Creole.
Author Biography
Sonny Bates: author, playwright, poet, choreographer, director, producer residing in Indianapolis, Indiana. Studied Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and worked with Dr. Willis Patterson, Associate Dean of the School of Music at the University of Michigan. Other works by Sonny: Sometimes Laughter Cries, The Girl In The Poem, Unintentional Love, Daughters of Samburu, stage adaptation of the famous Dudley Randall poem "The Ballad of Birmingham" from Black Voices. Additionally, a recorded collection of Jazz poems.
