A rollicking tale of one black woman's mission to stop an English plan to aid the Confederates in the American Civil War. Liverpool, 1863: Newly arrived in England, Trinity, an escaped American slave girl, is taken in by wealthy liberals who are campaigning to abolish slavery. At the same time, Jubal, a battle-weary Confederate officer, arrives in Liverpool to raise funds for the opposing side. When Trinity discovers a conspiracy to help the slave-owners and the Confederates to win the war - who will believe her - and who can she really trust?
