The Secrets of Mary Bowser

BASED ON AN EXTRAORDINARY AND INSPIRING 19TH-CENTURY TRUE STORY: All her life, Mary Bowser had been a slave to the powerful Van Lew family in Richmond, Virginia, until the strong-willed Miss Bet, the Van Lews' daughter, decided to send her to Philadelphia to study. Life in the North brought Mary new friendships and led her to the heart of the abolitionist movement. With the country on the brink of Civil War, she defied Virginia's laws by returning to Richmond to care for her ailing father—and to fight for emancipation. Posing as a slave in the White House to spy on President Jefferson Davis, Mary deceived even those closest to her to aid the Union command. Based on true events and powerfully written, *The Secrets of Mary Bowser* is a moving story of injustice and courage, friendship and war, and of an incredible woman willing to sacrifice everything to make her country a better place.