Candle in the Darkness
Candle in the Darkness
By Lynn Austin In the Refiner’s Book series, Book One: Candle in the Darkness takes place in Richmond, Virginia, the time being right before the Civil War. A white girl named Caroline Fletcher, only twelve years old, is faced with many struggles and whether she can keep her faith in God. The story starts out with her best friend, a 9 year old slave boy being sold from Caroline’s family. She is affected greatly as a young girl, and her world starts slowly changing around her. In general, slavery was a big argument between the abolitionists and those rooting for it. Some believing all were equal, and others thinking it as part of everyday life to own and manage slaves. Caroline starts to realize just how awful slaves are treated and that she can make a difference in people’s lives. She hears of God by one of her father’s slave hands, Eli, who shows her you can bring anything that’s too big for yourself to God. She is moved around much and she loses many loved ones. She tries to retain her dependence in God by praying to Him with any doubts she has. Can you imagine being in the shoes of one of the slaves? Being an outcast to all white people. Being married just by simply stepping over a broom, no ceremony at all. Married to whomever your master brought home to you. They struggled with the everyday worry of having a loved one taken and sold at a slave auction house, never to be soon or heard of again. Wondering if they’re okay or if they’re even alive. The female servants were sometimes bought and used as sex slaves. They bore children to wicked men who just sold them when they were young children. They had no say in anything, especially since they were women. They were despised by white men, only being used as their little tools. Many slaves were treated kindly and given the ability to live in a nice house with the master and his family. Those were rare; even they worried of some day being sold to another master who could be worse.
By Lynn Austin In the Refiner’s Book series, Book One: Candle in the Darkness takes place in Richmond, Virginia, the time being right before the Civil War. A white girl named Caroline Fletcher, only twelve years old, is faced with many struggles and whether she can keep her faith in God. The story starts out with her best friend, a 9 year old slave boy being sold from Caroline’s family. She is affected greatly as a young girl, and her world starts slowly changing around her. In general, slavery was a big argument between the abolitionists and those rooting for it. Some believing all were equal, and others thinking it as part of everyday life to own and manage slaves. Caroline starts to realize just how awful slaves are treated and that she can make a difference in people’s lives. She hears of God by one of her father’s slave hands, Eli, who shows her you can bring anything that’s too big for yourself to God. She is moved around much and she loses many loved ones. She tries to retain her dependence in God by praying to Him with any doubts she has. Can you imagine being in the shoes of one of the slaves? Being an outcast to all white people. Being married just by simply stepping over a broom, no ceremony at all. Married to whomever your master brought home to you. They struggled with the everyday worry of having a loved one taken and sold at a slave auction house, never to be soon or heard of again. Wondering if they’re okay or if they’re even alive. The female servants were sometimes bought and used as sex slaves. They bore children to wicked men who just sold them when they were young children. They had no say in anything, especially since they were women. They were despised by white men, only being used as their little tools. Many slaves were treated kindly and given the ability to live in a nice house with the master and his family. Those were rare; even they worried of some day being sold to another master who could be worse.