Repatriated. Re-Roots - Roderick Edwards

What if every African American-free and enslaved-had been forced by law to leave the United States in 1816?

Repatriated: Re‑Roots reimagines that world with unflinching emotional depth. Drawing from the real American Colonization Society and the early founding of Liberia, this novel follows one fractured family as they are swept into a global experiment that reshapes history.

Josiah Freeman has three days to reach Savannah before the repatriation ships depart. His wife, Mercy, has survived horrors he can barely speak of. Their children-Elijah, Clara, and baby Silas-carry wounds of their own. Together, they must outrun patrols, storms, and the machinery of a nation eager to erase them.

Across the ocean waits a land they have never seen... and a future they never asked for.

A gripping, character‑driven journey rooted in historical realism and emotional truth

A bold alternate history exploring what America-and Africa-might have become

A story of family, resilience, and identity forged under impossible circumstances

Rich world‑building spanning plantations, storm‑torn forests, bustling ports, and the uncertain shores of early Liberia

Themes of belonging, trauma, and rebirth woven through every chapter

Historical fiction with moral weight

Alternate‑history "what if" narratives

Stories of survival, family bonds, and cultural identity

Books that blend realism with imaginative reconstruction