This saga delves into the dark underbelly of the antebellum plantation known as Falconhurst and its ruthless masters, the Maxwell family. It chronicles their ambitions, cruelties, and the complex web of relationships that defined life on the estate. The narratives explore power struggles, societal constraints, and the human condition under oppressive circumstances. This compelling series offers a stark look at a tumultuous period in history.
Mandingo is a novel written in 1957 by Kyle Onstott. The book is set in the 1830s in the antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo (or Mandinka) slave Ganymede, or Mede. It is a tale of cruelty toward the blacks of that time, containing vicious fights, poisoning, and violent
The world of DRUM is a world of brutality, lust and miscegenation… where chained Negroes are sold like cattle…. Where prize specimens, male and female are chosen to work in exotic bordellos, and on slave-breeding plantations… where masters, drunk with the power of life and death, force their slaves to entertain them with unspeakable acts. Slaves and Masters... Tamboura-- born a prince in the jungles of Africa and sold into slavery; his beauty and nobility draw him into a forbidden alliance with blonde Alix, his owner's mistress. Alix-- a French countess, driven to become the most celebrated madam in New Orleans. Don Cesar-- an egocentric patrician whose wealth is the weapon he uses to turn whims into law. Drum-- son of Tamboura and Alix, who becomes the star performer in the mêlées given in his mother's brothel, and the most invincible prize-fighter in the South. Hammond Maxwell-- hates white women and black men, and owns the great slave-breeding plantation, Falconhurst, presided over by an elegant, enigmatic woman he acquires in a strange transaction. Drumson-- sold by his grandmother to sire slaves at Falconhurst, where the evils from the past and present explode in a thunderous slave uprising.
Black Man's Terror In A White Man's Body ...the violent, compelling story of a Falconhurst ex-slave who dares to pass as the white heir to a great Southern plantation. Against the savage backdrop of the South's infamous slave-breeding plantations, Flight To Falconhurst unfolds the turbulent drama of Calico, a handsome young Mustee, who embarks on a perilous impersonation, knowing that betrayal and death wait for him at every turn. Here is a powerful and lusty novel, written in the shocking, authentic tradition of Mandingo .