<p>Inlatenineteenth-centuryAmerica,RisingFreeportraysthestoryofayoungwomanlivingintheaftermathofracialprejudice.Surroundedbydangerofbeingsoldandfurtherstrippedoffreedom,shediscovershopethroughagraciousfamilyandlearnsforgivenessandoverwhelmingmercyfromherowntransformation.</p>