saltspring island (b.c.)

Chronicles the life of a woman who was born as a slave in Missouri in 1839, moved with her family to California, and later lived on a small island off the coast of British Columbia until she was 105.

Jenny Estes and her family escape the slavery of the Leopold plantation in 1840s Missouri and journey to Saltspring Island, Canada, only to encounter the hardships of scarlet fever, racial persecution, warring native tribes, and the challenges of homesteading.