On Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00pm, Erica and I will hold our official book launch event at Connecticut’s Old State House!

Primus’s story spans generations. His son served in the Revolutionary War, and two of his second great-grandsons served in the Civil War—one of whom is memorialized on the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment Monument in New Haven.

Last year, while state organizations planned to place wreaths on the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers during this 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Esther Wallace Jackson's three brothers and brother-in-law (London Wallace, Zebulan Wallace, Joseph Wallace and Cato Sands) weren't on the list.

My original intent with this book was to ensure the words of Primus were available to all. I wanted people to hear his emotion during his capture in The Gambia and his mother's screams as her son was being torn from her arms.

WTNH News 8 Coverage of My New Book!

I HAVE A NEW BOOK! My book is entitled, The Narrative of Primus. It uncovers the remarkable, nearly forgotten story of a ten-year-old boy taken from his mother's bedside in West Africa and forced aboard a slave ship bound for America.