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Elite Paternity
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ISBN13: 9798243898737
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 14 2026
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 14 2026
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Elite Paternity - Premiere Edition
A tense, documentary-style Underground Railroad drama led by a mother's courage.
For Black History Week, present this as Act 2 of the saga-Slavery, missing or kidnapped children, rape, made-up Laws, underground Railroads, Streets, hedges, Print Slips, and a Town that chooses truth over fear. The language stays plain; the feeling is high. By the rule of Elite Paternity, a child born to an enslaved woman, following the womb, he was still counted as a slave, but belonged to the master as his property. Prim Rose's child was sired by the master himself-a public statesman and private owner-she refused to surrender her son to him. So, she followed her son until she set him free.
A tense, documentary-style Underground Railroad drama led by a mother's courage.
For Black History Week, present this as Act 2 of the saga-Slavery, missing or kidnapped children, rape, made-up Laws, underground Railroads, Streets, hedges, Print Slips, and a Town that chooses truth over fear. The language stays plain; the feeling is high. By the rule of Elite Paternity, a child born to an enslaved woman, following the womb, he was still counted as a slave, but belonged to the master as his property. Prim Rose's child was sired by the master himself-a public statesman and private owner-she refused to surrender her son to him. So, she followed her son until she set him free.
This child would not forget his actual African Heritage; this strong, beautiful Black mother would cross rivers, dodge guns, and hounds, to see to it. With vinegar in the hem to throw the hounds sent off and a plan in the heart, Prim Rose walks past the hounds. The pride of armed men to set her son free-the Enslaver's neglected white son who still belongs to him as mandated by Elite Paternity, the child given to the mother by the Enslaver follows the slave mother, not so in this case, the baby was white. The Enslaver wanted him back, but Harriett Tubman and Prim Rose wouldn't have it. In the town up the road, neighbors fight with truth: printed slips, quiet signals, fair rules, and doors that refuse to close the passage to the Underground Railroad. Elite Paternity honors the Railroad in clear, gripping scenes anyone can follow. It shows how ordinary people-led by strong Black women and loving, God-fearing Whites -made freedom real. A powerful choice for Black History Month, classrooms, and community reads.
Event framing: open with a brief narrator's explanation of elite paternity and then read the vinegar-in-the-hem scene. Close with community call-and-response: We owe children before strangers' pride. Theme: a mother's claim; a town's duty; freedom done in steps.
Event framing: open with a brief narrator's explanation of elite paternity and then read the vinegar-in-the-hem scene. Close with community call-and-response: We owe children before strangers' pride. Theme: a mother's claim; a town's duty; freedom done in steps.
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