black cloud rising by david wright falade

Personalization available.īlack Cloud Rising is a compelling and important historical novel that takes us back to an extraordinary moment when enslaved men and women were shedding their bonds and embracing freedomīy fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia, and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. If you have questions or concerns about our safety protocols, please email a signed first edition here. David Wright Faladé signs and discusses his powerful and immersive novel B lack Cloud Risingwith Beth Ann Fennelly at Off Square Books on Wednesday, March 9th at 6 pm.With powerful depictions of the bonds formed between fighting men and heartrending scenes of sacrifice and courage, Black Cloud Rising offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of enslaved men and women crossing the threshold to freedom.A Civil War novel based on the actual experiences of the African Brigade With Fanny, the woman he hopes to marry one day. For Richard, this means the possibility of reuniting And because many of the men have fled from the very plantations in their path, each raid is also an opportunity to free loved ones left behind.

Wild’s mission is to prove that his troops can be trusted as soldiers in combat. That they are fighting for more than territory. As the African Brigade conducts raids through the areas occupied by the Confederate Partisan Rangers, he and his comrades recognize Deeply conflicted about his past, Richard is eager to show himself to be a credit to his race. Slave and her master, raised with some privileges but constantly reminded of his place. At the heart of the narrative is Sergeant Richard Etheridge, the son of a Impassioned abolitionist-set out from Portsmouth to hunt down the rebel guerrillas and extinguish the threat.įrom this little-known historical episode comes Black Cloud Rising, a dramatic, moving account of these soldiers-men who only weeks earlier had been enslaved, but were now Union infantrymen setting out to fight their former owners. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild-a one-armed, Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks.

Black cloud rising by david wright falade