A School for Pompey Walker

About this book

Pompey Walker dreams of going to school but as a slave in the 1830s this is only a dream until slavery-hating Jeremiah Walker son-in-law of the plantation owner buys Pompeys freedom. Together they devise and carry out a plan to get money to found a school for black children. Inspired by a newspaper account of an Ohio mans experiences as well as the recollections of former slaves this tale recounts an unforgettable and harrowing journey of the human spirit.