Inlatenineteenth-centuryAmerica,RisingFreeportraysthestoryofayoungwomanlivingintheaftermathofracialprejudice.Surroundedbydangerofbeingsoldandfurtherstrippedoffreedom,shediscovershopethroughagraciousfamilyandlearnsforgivenessandoverwhelmingmercyfromherowntransformation.
