Rattling of the Chains

This is the Special Edition of Rattling of the Chains. This edition combines volume 1 and 2 of the series.


A few years after Abraham Lincoln’s death, a statue was created to commemorate the emancipation proclamation called the Freedom Memorial Statue. Many do not know, that in this statue… the man’s face used as the model portraying the rising slave breaking the chains of slavery belongs to Archer Alexander. He is also the great-great-grandfather of author Errol D. Alexander PhD.


Find out How Archer’s face was used in this famous memorial statue and Why this particular former slave was the subject matter in a book originally written by his former owner William Greenleaf Eliot over 100 years ago. Also discover an insight into the psychological perspective of a man born into slavery, or how a life long friendship could be formed with W.G. Eliot in this never before told story about the life and legacy of Archer Alexander.


Without question this is a masterfully written biography with the pulse of a fast-paced novel brilliantly presenting two portraits of men and their families from different races, education and religious beliefs. Author Errol D. Alexander offers readers a meticulously sketched memoir (in volume 2) of his journey to find out more about his great great grandfather Archer Alexander…  It is one of the few slave stories published today that are not autobiographical.