Mozay of Pepperwick

As companion to a rice planter's son, Mozay Deas sits in on the boy's lessons at Pepperwick Plantation in 1850's South Carolina. When he hears a rumor that Clarence Little will be leaving Pepperwick for boarding school he knows where that will leave him: a servant for life. Mozay wants to keep learning. When he meets a group of abolitionists he sees a pathway to escape, provided he can complete a difficult task they assign him.