Coal

CoalBy: J. Jason Grant A young Black man rises from the brutal depths of slavery to unleash a long overdue scourge of blood red justice in this relentless Western classic. Revenge has a new name: El Diablo Negrito, and if you have done him or his people wrong, he is coming for you . . . Since the age of six, young Coal has been chained, beaten, and whipped nearly every day of his life. Forged by this merciless cruelty, he is now a young man boiling with

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