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Violence
A lot
Slave catchers and violence against Black people; the danger of the Underground Railroad is real
Language
Some
Period language; some dialect
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit-adjacent sensual scenes
Substance Use
Barely any
Period social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological burden of freedom in an era of slavery; the constant danger of the Underground Railroad
What this book is about
Hester Wyatt is a free Black woman working as a seamstress in 1858 Michigan. When a wounded man appears at her door—Galen Vachon, a conductor on the Underground Railroad—she hides him despite the danger. Indigo is Beverly Jenkins's breakthrough novel, a love story set in the Underground Railroad that helped establish Black historical romance as a genre.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Slavery and racial violence—historically depicted
Dangerous historical setting—slave catchers
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