The Bargain: A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale: Episode 2 by Vanessa Riley Page B
Authors: Vanessa Riley
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With her palm, she beat the sandy floor beneath her. "Where have you brought me and Jonas?" She hit it again but he captured her hand and pulled her to him. The weight of his embrace pressing her against his chest stilled her motion.
She felt helpless and weak underneath him and the burden of her grief for her friend. "Why?"
Pistols popped, flintlocks moaned, and shouts drowned out everything but the rapid beating of his heart. The light of the moon slipping through the haze of bullets and smoke showed the anguish in his eyes. "It wasn't like this before I left. I'd never..." He lifted her chin, his strong gaze searing her flesh. "I'm greedy. I wanted you and the boy here with me. I needed you here."
She shouldn't have let him kiss her, but she didn't have the desire not to taste his strength. How could she not give into the feel of his rough hands caressing her face, his finger tips stroking her neck, drawing her closer, wrapping her in his power?
A horn blew. He stopped the siege of lips, her very willpower. With strong arms, he nudged her behind him. "Please, stay here until I know all is well." He stroked her chin. "And, Precious, you're not a mouse. No, you're full lion."
He scooted out of their hiding position and disappeared in the gloom.
She'd stay put, not because he asked, because she had to get all of her tears out of her, so she could tell her friend the worst. And that this crime was done by someone who Clara had come to be a missionary for, someone who very well could be a cousin to Precious. How was that news to be shared?
Extras
Sneak Peak The Bargain III
Episode III of The Bargain
Length: 8 Chapters (25,000 words)
Summary: Precious Jewell: A Leader’s Secret Weapon
Status: Coming August 2015.
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Author's Note
Dear Friend,
I enjoyed writing The Bargain because I dream of Port Elizabeth, a burgeoning colony where all men and women had the opportunity to make their claim and determine their own fates. These stories will showcase a world of intrigue and romance, somewhere everyone can hopefully find a character to identify with as the colonists and Xhosa battle for their ideas and the love which renews and gives life.
Stay in touch. Sign up at www.vanessariley.com for my newsletter. You’ll be the first to know about upcoming releases, and maybe even win a sneak peek.
Thank so much for giving this book a read.
Vanessa Riley
Here are my notes:
Slavery in England
The emancipation of slaves in England preceded America by thirty years and freedom was won by legal court cases not bullets.
Somerset v Stewart (1772) is a famous case which established the precedence for the rights of slaves in England. The English Court of King's Bench, led by Lord Mansfield, decided that slavery was unsupported by the common law of England and Wales. His ruling:
“The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England; and therefore the black must be discharged.”
E. Neville William, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution: 1688-1815, pp: 387-388.
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an act of Parliament which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. A fund of $20 Million Pound Sterling was set up to compensate slave owners. Many of the highest society families were compensated for losing their slaves.
This act did exempt the territories in the possession of the East India Company, the Island of Ceylon, and the Island of Saint Helena. In 1843, the exceptions were
She felt helpless and weak underneath him and the burden of her grief for her friend. "Why?"
Pistols popped, flintlocks moaned, and shouts drowned out everything but the rapid beating of his heart. The light of the moon slipping through the haze of bullets and smoke showed the anguish in his eyes. "It wasn't like this before I left. I'd never..." He lifted her chin, his strong gaze searing her flesh. "I'm greedy. I wanted you and the boy here with me. I needed you here."
She shouldn't have let him kiss her, but she didn't have the desire not to taste his strength. How could she not give into the feel of his rough hands caressing her face, his finger tips stroking her neck, drawing her closer, wrapping her in his power?
A horn blew. He stopped the siege of lips, her very willpower. With strong arms, he nudged her behind him. "Please, stay here until I know all is well." He stroked her chin. "And, Precious, you're not a mouse. No, you're full lion."
He scooted out of their hiding position and disappeared in the gloom.
She'd stay put, not because he asked, because she had to get all of her tears out of her, so she could tell her friend the worst. And that this crime was done by someone who Clara had come to be a missionary for, someone who very well could be a cousin to Precious. How was that news to be shared?
Extras
Sneak Peak The Bargain III
Episode III of The Bargain
Length: 8 Chapters (25,000 words)
Summary: Precious Jewell: A Leader’s Secret Weapon
Status: Coming August 2015.
More installments are on the way. Join my newsletter to stay informed.
Author's Note
Dear Friend,
I enjoyed writing The Bargain because I dream of Port Elizabeth, a burgeoning colony where all men and women had the opportunity to make their claim and determine their own fates. These stories will showcase a world of intrigue and romance, somewhere everyone can hopefully find a character to identify with as the colonists and Xhosa battle for their ideas and the love which renews and gives life.
Stay in touch. Sign up at www.vanessariley.com for my newsletter. You’ll be the first to know about upcoming releases, and maybe even win a sneak peek.
Thank so much for giving this book a read.
Vanessa Riley
Here are my notes:
Slavery in England
The emancipation of slaves in England preceded America by thirty years and freedom was won by legal court cases not bullets.
Somerset v Stewart (1772) is a famous case which established the precedence for the rights of slaves in England. The English Court of King's Bench, led by Lord Mansfield, decided that slavery was unsupported by the common law of England and Wales. His ruling:
“The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasions, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England; and therefore the black must be discharged.”
E. Neville William, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution: 1688-1815, pp: 387-388.
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an act of Parliament which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. A fund of $20 Million Pound Sterling was set up to compensate slave owners. Many of the highest society families were compensated for losing their slaves.
This act did exempt the territories in the possession of the East India Company, the Island of Ceylon, and the Island of Saint Helena. In 1843, the exceptions were
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