Benson’s Bloodline by Jerlean Noble
Benson’s Bloodline is based on the author’s true-to-life ancestral grandfather and grandmother, Benson and Mary Ann Borin Hallum. Born in upstate SC in 1812, he was enslaved and she being the niece of the slave owner, Richard Hallum was the best-kept secret on the plantation. Their love and marriage were forbidden, but nothing could stop their love–not even the Civil War.