Band of Angels

You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!

Plot Summary

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

6.2 /10

1957

US

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plantation

slave

slave trade

biracial

southern belle

american civil war

slave owner

racial issues

deep south

passing for white

woman's story