In this gripping 1865 drama, Anne Belle has been involved in an illicit relationship with Bowman her young, male slave. He starts out working in her fields, but before long she insists he move into her house. But in an unexpected turn of events, Anne gets the shock of her life when her husband, whom she believed died in the war, unexpectedly returns and disrupts everything. Suddenly, she must decide how to handle the man who is determined to take everything away from her. Meanwhile, Gantty, seeing no other path to freedom for her family, blackmails Anne in order to get her husband free.