On a plantation near Danville, Kentucky, Amantha grew up knowing only the love of her father, Aaron Pendleton Starr. Growing up as a motherless child many would think that she was lost to the world, but her father and Aunt Sukie made sure that she always had whatever her heart desired.

Amantha, also called Manty, remembered a scene from her childhood where her father sold a slave. The slave was a dear friend to Manty, and it was hard for the girl to understand why the slave was sold. Her father doesn't like to talk about it and so the child grows up not knowing why.

In August of 1852 Amantha's father decides it was time for her to go to school. On the trip they stopped in Cincinnati where Manty meet Miss Idell, her father's fling at the time. Miss Idell took Manty shopping for new school clothes and such. Manty enjoyed every moment with the lovely woman. Later that week Manty is sent to Oberlin, Ohio where she is to a

Amantha had a big change in her life. She did not let her hard times cover the good times that she remembered. Having finally found herself though the help of her one true love, Tobias, Amantha lived out the rest of her life knowing that even though one might have hard times come their way; the goods times will always show through.

The stranger took Amantha to a man that was going to ship her to New Orleans to be sold. Manty was sold to a man named Hamish Bond, a wealthy landowner. Knowing nothing of her past the man took her to his home where she lived many years. Amantha was never forced into working the grounds because she was far too pretty. Instead Amantha lived a peaceful life inside the house where nothing was asked of her. She became good friends with many of the other slaves and soon became a friend to Hamish Bond himself. Over the course of many years they became lovers of a sort. Manty never quiet understood this man. Did he love her or was he just using her? That question was answered when Manty throws a fit about him selling her because she could not stand his kindness anymore. Hamish tries to send her away but in the end he moves her to another plantation of his. Amantha and Hamish live there for several years. During that time the war breaks out. As the soldiers draw closer to them Hamish sets Amantha free.

Amantha being who she was join the black side of the war. Not liking what she saw she soon returned home. I guess she j

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