How can loving, kind and compassionate plantation owners justify and promote slavery?How can slaves, in turn, become slave owners?What happened after the Civil War to the Charleston mulatto culture of the 1700s and 1800s?The Lost Mulattos - Book 2 of The Hanscome Trilogy - is the true, documented genealogical history of the author's family, the Hanscomes, and a tale that contradicts and challenges our traditional historical beliefs.The Hanscomes weave their massive web of rationalizations around the peculiar institution of slavery, presenting themselves as "good" slave owners who love and care for their slaves, like family. They support the Charleston elite, mulatto, slave-owning, freedmen artisans and shopkeepers, who buffer the growing tinderbox of slavery.And why shouldn't they?The mulattos are their sons and daughters, too.PRAISE FOR THE LOST MULATTOS: "Not only did I read this second book in The Hanscome Trilogy, I felt each and every moment deep in my heart and soul. Joan Dickinson has done an outstanding service to this period in history. She brilliantly helps us understand how slavery was woven into the lifestyle of early colonial America, how even though most people thought (and knew) it was horribly wrong, they chose their socially acceptable way of living and their accumulation of wealth and land over their hearts and humanity. At the same time, those same hearts found, explored and courageously lived love regardless of the colors of their skin and despite the labels those colors were given." --- D. D. Scott, International Bestselling AuthorABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joan Dickinson has worn many hats - history teacher, psychologist, professor, behavioral health director and international consultant, wellness columnist, public speaker, yoga and meditation instructor. She hails from Minnesota and kayaks with the dolphins near Anna Maria Island, Florida.