Following,the,Second,World,War,,a,northern,cannery,combine,negotiates,for,the,purchase,of,a,large,tract,of,uncultivated,Georgia,farmland.,The,major,portion,of,the,land,is,owned,by,Julie,Ann,Warren,and,has,already,been,optioned,by,her,unscrupulous,,draft,dodging,husband,,Henry.,Now,the,combine,must,also,obtain,two,smaller,plots,-,one,owned,by,Henry‘s,cousin,Rad,McDowell,,a,combat,veteran,with,a,wife,and,family;,the,other,by,Reeve,Scott,,a,young,black,man,whose,mother,had,been,Julie‘s,childhood,Mammy.,But,neither,Rad,nor,Reeve,is,interested,in,selling,and,they,form,an,unprecedented,black,and,white,partnership,to,improve,their,land.,Although,infuriated,by,the,turn,of,events,,Henry,remains,determined,to,push,through,the,big,land,deal.,And,when,Reeve‘s,mother,Rose,dies,,Henry,tries,to,persuade,his,wife,to,charge,Reeve,with,illegal,ownership,of,his,property,,confident,the,the,bigoted,Judge,Purcell,will,rule,against,a,Negro.
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