A powerful story is getting closer to readers. Split by Chains, Bound by Blood: The Story of David and Lucy Nelms is moving toward release, and there is real excitement growing behind the scenes. This book has been a labor of care, memory, patience, and purpose. Now, the pieces that turn a manuscript into a finished book are coming together, one important step at a time. The release is not here just yet, but the work is active. Copyright details are being handled, store

Within the will of Presley Nelms Jr. who died in 1841, I learned that he had enslaved David (1806 - ), Lucy (1805 - ), his wife, Charlotte..