TheRiverRemembers

Samantha Lockwood, Day Sets, and Harriet Robinson come to Fort Snelling from very different backgrounds. Its 1835 and the world is changing, fast, and they are all struggling to keep up. After she refuses another suitor hes chosen for her, Samanthas father banishes her to live in the territory with her brother. He, too, tries to take over her marriage plansbut she is determined to find her own husband, even when her choices go awry. Day Sets demands that her white husband create a school to educate their daughter, supporting her fathers belief that his people must learn the ways of the white man in order to ensure the tribes future. Until events prove her father wrong. Harriets life in the territory is more like that of a free person than anywhere shes lived. She even falls in love with Dred Scott and dreams of a life with him. But they are both enslaved, and she keeps being reminded of how little control she has over her own fate. As their cultures collide, each of these three women must find a way to direct her own future and leave a legacy for her children.