The time is 1856.  Martha is an 18-year-old African American girl sold into slavery for $800 in Westport, Missouri, to the Reverend Thomas Johnson, who runs the Shawnee Indian Mission School in Kansas.    Martha believes that there are no enslaved people in Kansas, and that she will soon be set free on Kansas soil.   While traveling there she thinks about how sweet life will be at her new home, far away from slavery and the life she has had.   However, when she arrives at the school she soon finds out that things are much different than what she had thought.    She eventually ends up finding a difficult time adjusting to her new life.   Even though she is treated like a slave, she still thinks she will soon be set free.  This never happens, but as  time passes she finds companionship, and begins to understand who she is and find a way to form a simple life.THROUGH MARTHA'S EYES is a fictional story based upon the true discovery of a receipt of sale to Reverend Thomas Johnson, for the purchase of Martha.  This is an American story, set in pre-Civil War Kansas; a turbulent time where blood was shed early on both sides, a time where past and present cultures clashed,  mixed race friendships were born, and through it all, many people, like Martha, found a simple freedom.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.