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A Confederate Widow Faces Seizure After Tax War
The tale follows Tom Camp and his family as a brutal tax revolt by a northern backed regime pushes Hambright toward ruin. A disguise of violence erupts when a slave patrol raids Tom’s home and Annie Gaston fights to save her home from sale while the community rallies under pressure.
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Legree
Ezra Perkins
Pete Sawyer
Peter
Ezra
Bradder
Uncle Pete
Brudder
Congress
North Carolina
Hambright
Tom Camp
OM Camp
Hose Norman
Hose
Mountain Dew District
Tom
Baptist Church
John Durham
Norman
Annie
Graham
Preacher
General Worth
Red Hill
Tits County
Boston
North
South
Jim
Rosten
Dr. Durham