Jamie is able to pass as a cultured young white boy, thanks to his grandmother's love and educational assistance on the plantation. Only as he is departing that home does he discover that he carries Negro blood, which causes a deep seated fear and panic as he faces unsettling crisis points in his life as an adult.
The author does a great job in transmitting the many emotional issues surrounding the characters, at this very difficult time in our history. It is horrifying to realize how humans were mis-treated and the arrogance of the upper echelon; but also very gratifying to know that many others withstood personal risk to assist runaways. The title indicates how freed slaves felt when the burden of slavery was lifted and they saw....a glory over everything.
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