With Pride of the Buffalo
by Deborah DeShields
Category: Fiction

Born into slavery, Amos Jedidiah Hankins has never known freedom. As a young boy, he witnesses his father being placed on the block to be auctioned to the highest bidder. When the Civil War comes to Vicksburg, Mississippi, his family is separated and moved from various camps throughout the South. As a young man, Amos joins with a new army of Buffalo Soldiers and is thrust into the raging Indian Wars. But in life, there are many battles to be won. Amos must face prejudice, the fury of nature, and love before finding the true meaning of freedom.