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Detective and mystery stories Free African Americans Free African Americans Fiction January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) Fiction Murder Investigation Texas Fiction Private investigators Private investigators Fiction Texas Race relations History 19th century Fiction Texas Social life and customs 19th century FictionHambly, Barbara
Summary: "Benjamin January is called up to Vicksburg, deep in cotton-plantation country, to help a wounded 'conductor' of the Underground Railroad -- the secret network of safe-houses that guide escaping slaves to freedom. When the chief 'conductor' of the 'station' is found murdered, Jubal Cain, the coordinator of the whole Railroad system in Mississippi, is accused of the crime. Since Cain can't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House Publishers LTD 2016
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Summary: When Jefferson Vitrack - the white half-brother of Benjamin January's wife - turns up on January's doorstep in the summer of 1838 claiming he has discovered a clue to the whereabouts of the family's lost treasure, January has no hesitation about refusing to help look for it. For the treasure lies in Haiti, the island that was once France's most profitable colony - until the blood-chilling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2014
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Summary: "April, 1840. Benjamin January knows no black person in their right mind would willingly go to the Republic of Texas but when his former pupil Selina Bellinger is kidnapped and enslaved, he has no choice. Once there he is saved from being hanged by Valentina Taggart, wife of the wealthy landowner of Rancho Perdition. After Valentina is accused of the murder of her husband, she in turn calls on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019