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Lady of the Plantation
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Tyler
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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'Lady of the Plantation' is the story of a mulatto girl surviving the brutality of slavery in Georgia in the 1800's. Young Sylvia continues to overcome setbacks as she manages daily life on the Four Willows plantation. Love and roses are the things that help her maintain her sanity during a life of oppression. Crime and violence abound all around her. Can she protect her loved ones from the perils that await?