FOUR HUNDRED SOULS 6-33-3X3BE0A He has a pistol and

He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand

This is a dramatic and definitive account of a remarkable but forgotten chapter of American history

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FOUR HUNDRED SOULS 6-33-3X3BE0A He has a pistol andThe story begins in 1619 a year before the Mayflower when the White Lion disgorges ''some 20 and odd Negroes'' onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and