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I learned so much from this novel and have shared my thoughts with the author, which is a gift: There is a beautiful recovery of the narratives of free Black people in Philadelphia circa 1837 in All We Were Promised. Those narratives illuminate, too, the stark contrast of enslaved Black people continuing to struggle for freedom decades before the end of the Civil War. There is lovely sisterhood, a touch of romance and details of how Black women organized long before anyone gave them credit to improve their lives and the lives of their families.