“In war, the victory is just the blossom, and nothing is more frustrating than a bloom that refuses to morph into some fruit.” HopeFreedomRacismHuman RightsEqualityCivil RightsCivil WarHistorical FictionReconstructionSocial Progress Book:Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Return to Southampton County Source: Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Return to Southampton County