It seems that in the very early days of Savannah there came a young girl from Ireland named Alice Riley. She boarded a ship as a bond servant to escape the famine in her own country. She was probably about 15 years old at the time and she knew that once she arrived in Savannah she would be sold into slavery for several years to pay for her passage. Alice never expected to be bought by a man so cruel and sadistic. He was a local plantation owner and even the people of the town despised him. Continue reading →