The first book in the whileBlack Chronicles’ takes place where most of us started in America; on a cotton plantation. Some of you may think, “Great, just what I want to read about, the evils of slavery. So, who cares? It was too long ago, and besides, everyone knows slavery was bad.

I thought the same way. At the same time, the Chronicles’ has to begin on a plantation. For a novice writer like me, it was a challenge. How do I bring the story to life and not write about the breakup of families and the brutality?

I published the first book in the Chronicles’ “If Cotton Could Talk” to tell a story about relationships created by strangers with one goal in mind. Prepare and plan for freedom. It's not a book about slavery. It's a story about relationships!

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023

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I have read quite a few books on the Civil War but none that told the daily life & appalling conditions that slaves had to endure.
I see this is the first book in a series & I cannot wait to get the next book.

Well done, Mr. Hayes!