On April 8, 1841, Easter gives birth to a healthy girl. to marry Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Perkins, the daughter of a wealthy neighboring planter. Several months later, while they are alone, Easter reveals to him that she is pregnant with his child. retreats to the comfort of the weaving house and he and Easter make love. James Jackson Sr., an Irish immigrant who has accumulated considerable wealth, becomes ill and soon dies, leaving his wife Sally a widow. Easter is the daughter of an African-American house slave, Captain Jack, and Annie, a part- Cherokee slave who is no longer on the Jackson property. James Jackson Jr., the son of the plantation owner, and Easter, a slave who works in the weaving house, have both grown up on the estate, and gradually their feelings for each other have developed into romance. The series begins on Forks of Cypress, a plantation near Florence in northern Alabama. ( June 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise.

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