The crowd burst into laughter the moment the bid was accepted.
Seven cents.
That was the price a farmer paid for a woman nearly two meters tall whom everyone else considered worthless.
To the buyers gathered in the crowded square, she was a problem waiting to happen. Too strong. Too intimidating. Too stubborn. Too difficult to control.
No plantation owner wanted her.
No foreman wanted to manage her.
No buyer wanted to risk losing money on someone with a reputation for defiance.
But one man saw something different.
