Fire On The Mountain by Terry Bisson
An alternate-history novella that imagines what America might have become if a 19th-century slave uprising had succeeded, producing a separate, self-governing Black nation and reshaping the country's political and social landscape. Through intimate portraits of ordinary people caught between two histories, the story explores memory, justice, and the lingering moral consequences of slavery, mixing personal relationships and political reflection in a spare, thought-provoking narrative.
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- 1988
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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