Gallows Road

<p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>A beautiful young servant is condemned to death for a crime that she swears she did not commit. Inspired by true events in 1750s Connecticut</span><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> Gallows Road</em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> takes readers on a harrowing journey of love betrayal and injustice. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Chafing against the strict confines of her life as an indentured servant Mercy Bramble finds herself in a destructive relationship with her master leading to her pregnancy. The mysterious death of her newborn puts Mercy's life in the hands of a jury while three clergymen fight to save her soul. Raising issues of patriarchy literacy religious dogmatism and capital punishment </span><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Gallows Road</em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> builds to a climax that </span><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Kirkus</em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Reviews</em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> calls a nail-biter all the way.</span></p><p>Indentured servants - white or Native American men and women who often worked alongside black slaves - were forbidden to marry during the seven years they were bonded to service. Illegitimate births were common and unwed mothers faced heavy fines and extended servitude. Set in a multiracial household in colonial New England <em>Gallows Road</em>sheds light on an often-forgotten chapter in America's past.</p>