I Spread My Wings And I Fly

I Spread My Wings And I Fly is an historical novel set in the mid 1850s southern Louisiana. The novel focuses on the maroons (enslaved Africans who ran away, armed themselves, and lived free independent lives on the fringes of slavery) in the United States, the psychological effects of slavery, and the dynamics of Black culture, folklore, and philosophy. Based on historical documentation, folklore, myths, slave narratives, and ethnographic studies, the novel illustrates through the epic narrative form the rich, varied and highly metaphysical culture of enslaved Africans, their militancy, self-expression and relentless struggle for freedom. The novel reveals the long suppressed facts of the role of maroon guerrilla warfare in paving the road to Emancipation.