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The Story of Ervin James
From Loss to Legacy – The Story of Ervin James matters
They couldn’t keep him from the dream. They couldn’t take away his legacy. The shoulders that strained under the weight of pain and slavery are the shoulders we stand on.
Inspired by Ervin James who lived in the 1800s. Ervin James overcame great odds, pain, loss, and suffering to leave a legacy when he managed to purchase over 100 acres of land and found a community for freed blacks in 1870. It’s a story of hope, love, and the family we make – including the unexpected.
This story is also of the strength and resilience of those who lived through these times and continue to live through their descendants today. Ervin’s story is told against the backdrop of a pre-civil-war era and then through it, gracefully incorporating history and culture into the experience of reading about his life.
The Story of Ervin James is a carefully crafted, yet fictionalized, full length historical novel inspired by the life of Ervin James, a Black enslaved man, who lived in the 1800s. It is written by his great-great-great granddaughter.
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