Understandably, Dick struggles with this aspect of his heritage. Such entanglements were unfortunately common in that a master could literally grow his “wealth” and “property” by creating new humans to enslave (regardless of blood ties) with unwilling women who had no choice in the matter. I felt I didn’t really get to know many of the other characters in detail.ĭick is the son of an enslaved women and her master that is, his master is his biological father. Etheridge anchors the story, while other characters seem to come and go with few lingering moments. While Black Cloud Rising focuses on a specific historical backdrop and series of events, I felt the narrative to be more about Dick’s internal struggle with identity (although of course his identify is also shaped by the context of the time.) Sgt. Other refugees escape to a free encampment under the protection of the Union Army, including Dick’s sweetheart Fanny.
Richard “Dick” Etheridge is one such man, along with a few childhood friends. The story takes place in 1863, in a time and place where many enslaved men had fled their masters to join up with the Union Army on its peninsula campaign. Black Cloud Rising follows Sergeant Richard Etheridge of the African Brigade on their mission liberating Plantations in coastal North Carolina, as well as flushing out remaining Confederates and partisan guerillas.
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