Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman's daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.
year: 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: slavery, fiction, identity, african americans, diaries, historical fiction, united states, history, french and indian war, 1755-1763, fiction, 1755-1763, french and indian war