The Black Mariah

About the Book

The story contained within these pages are purely fiction, it is fiction, fiction based on fact. The story of a small group of people who tried to put a stop to slavery, not in the countries where it was permitted, but a source, where African people were forced into this way of life, either by capture by slave traders in the interior of the continent or they may have been sold by fellow villagers or even their own family members.

About the Author

William F. Holmes Bill as we all call him, is sixty five years old. He was born in Escanaba, Michigan. He Graduated from high school, went in to the Navy and then worked in one of the copper mines in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for several years. After working in the mine he worked at one of the ship yards for a few years, from there he went on to college for two years receiving his Degree in Applied Sciences. Then was called back to the shipyard, when laid off there, he worked on a potato farm, from there he retired, and four years ago we moved here to New Mexico. Bill helped his first wife raise four sons, three of which are his stepsons and one of their's together. All four of the sons are successful, the oldest works for a mining company, the next oldest works in a machine shop and the two youngest are in education. Ever since Bill heard the song, “ They Called the Wind Mariah,” he wanted to write a book using Mariah as part of the title. Bill is building a fiber glass car, using a model of an old car, which will be a full size car when it is finished.