This really is a remarkable true family history of the author's. Her ancestor Sarah was a Jew who lived in Venice, Italy after her family escaped from Spain and Portugal during the Spanish Inquisition. One day in the early 1800s, she is kidnapped by pirates to be ransomed off in North Africa. However, another captive (who she eventually marries) helps the two of them escape and take a ship to America. They are dropped off at the Georgia Sea Islands, home of the Geechee (or Gullah) people, free American Americans. Their family eventually intermarries with the Geechees, but their descendents never forget their Jewish roots, always lighting candles on Sabbath.
There is an interesting article about the author's family history here.
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