Donna Bailey

Church Hats Donna Bailey

The essence of this book chronicles the plight of an African American family beginning in 1864. Sarah, a nine-year old slave girl was determined to retain her identity by preserving the ancestral serge that pumped her heart, the African blood of kings and queens from which she was desendant. Sarah found solace in "D'Lawd". Her worship hosts a plethora of characters moreover; paralleling their lives to the "Church Hats" they bore atop their heads. Sarah's conviction empowers seven generations through historical events and the perpetual anticipation of a birth of promise, a legendary emanicpator who would finally and fully liberate her people and free them from "'da troubles of "dis world."