Sold Down The River: The Slave Master’s Family A True Story of Survival After Slavery

What lives beneath a name passed down through generations? In Sold Down The River: The Slave Master’s Family – A True Story of Survival After Slavery, Leon Purvis journeys into the layered history of his own bloodline— where memory, silence, and truth converge. What he uncovers is not a single story, but a tapestry woven from land, power, and the lives of those bound within it. From the riverbanks of colonial Virginia to the fields of the American South, this narrative traces the lives of enslaved women and the children who carried both inheritance and burden. Their voices echo through time—sometimes recorded, often remembered—shaping a legacy marked by contradiction and resilience. This is not just a story of the past. It is a reckoning with identity, with what is inherited and what is reclaimed. In confronting the shadows of history, this book offers something enduring: the quiet strength of those who survived, and the truth that refuses to remain hidden. Read more