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Chapter 3

           ThoughPork’sformerownerlaterofferedtobuyhimbackattwicehisvalue,Geraldobstinatelyrefused,forthepossessionofhisfirstslave,andthatslavethe"bestdamnvaletontheCoast,"wasthefirststepupwardtowardhisheart’sdesire,Geraldwantedtobeaslaveownerandalandedgentleman.

           Hismindwasmadeupthathewasnotgoingtospendallofhisdays,likeJamesandAndrew,inbargaining,orallhisnights,bycandlelight,overlongcolumnsoffigures.Hefeltkeenly,ashisbrothersdidnot,thesocialstigmaattachedtothose"intrade."Geraldwantedtobeaplanter.WiththedeephungerofanIrishmanwhohasbeenatenantonthelandshispeopleoncehadownedandhunted,hewantedtoseehisownacresstretchinggreenbeforehiseyes.Witharuthlesssinglenessofpurpose,hedesiredhisownhouse,hisownplantation,hisownhorse,hisownslaves.Andhereinthisnewcountry,safefromthetwinperilsofthelandhehadlefttaxationthatateupcropsandbarnsandtheever-presentthreatofsuddenconfiscationheintendedtohavethem.Buthavingthatambitionandbringingittorealizationweretwodifferentmatters,hediscoveredastimewentby.CoastalGeorgiawastoofirmlyheldbyanentrenchedaristocracyforhimevertohopetowintheplaceheintendedtohave.

           ThenthehandofFateandahandofpokercombinedtogivehimtheplantationwhichheafterwardscalledTara,andatthesametimemovedhimoutoftheCoastintotheuplandcountryofnorthGeorgia.

           ItwasinasalooninSavannah,onahotnightinspring,whenthechanceconversationofastrangersittingnearbymadeGeraldprickuphisears.

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