
“I felt that I had entered the Garden of Eden & found the serpent coiled at its heart.” In 1683, Will & Susanna set off with their family of four children to begin a new life overseas. Inspired by William Penn’s vision of a Quaker colony in America, they hope to be free of the persecution they suffered in Engl&. Before long their adventure-loving son, Josiah, finds work with Quaker merchant George Bainbrigg on the docks of Philadelphia, & falls in love with his daughter, Kate. But when the trio visit Barbados on business & stay with Quaker Friends there, Josiah is shocked to learn that his new boss is a slave trader. As he & Kate risk everything to help two slaves gain their freedom, Josiah realises that the struggle to uphold his own beliefs is just beginning…