Jacob's Eyes

In this dark time in our history, two brothers, Jacob and Jackson shared the same loving father, the same mansion home, but were separated by age and the circumstances of life; Jacob, a mulatto slave and Jackson, the sole heir to their father's plantation. They were mirror images of each other, both tall and having golden hair, blue eyes and creamy white complexion. Jacob had the soul of a black man and Jackson's soul was only fed by cruelty, possessions and hatred. Once Jacob was free it wasn't long before he realized that passing for white was a powerful weapon to be used to free his enslaved family and friends, specially his black pearl, Sula who was pregnant with his child. Nothing could stop him in his quest to reach the safety of Canada before the start of the Civil War, not even murder, assault, thievery or arson. He found great pleasure standing his ground against other white people. Throughout Jacob's triumphs, Brother Jackson was in hot pursuit of him, but little did Jackson know revenge was not in his favor. Jackson's attempt to kill Jacob would end up causing him more inescapable pain than he could ever have imagined; pain that was a thousand times worse than the pain he allowed his overseers to inflicted on his slaves; pain that could not be undone.

Author: Anita Ballard-Jones
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/08/2016
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781535154932
About the Author
Anita Ballard-Jones is a native of Brooklyn, NY and a graduate of C.W. Post, at Long Island University. She retired from New York State's Long Island Developmental Disabilities Service Office where she worked as a Treatment Team Leader. She is a long time resident of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York and enjoys spending time in North Carolina and Florida. She loves hearing from her individual fans, as well as book clubs.