Project Gutenberg 2015-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 78 Sheldon, Charles M. 1857 1946 Sheldon, Charles Monroe 98000284 The Redemption of Freetown Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Redemption of Freetown" by Charles M. Sheldon is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the fictional town of Merton, the story explores the social and moral dilemmas faced by the characters against a backdrop of crime and racial tension, particularly focusing on a troubled district known as Freetown. The book aims to tackle themes of redemption, personal responsibility, and the impact of community involvement in addressing social issues. The narrative begins with Judge Vernon sentencing a young African American man, Burke Williams, for a crime related to the tumultuous environment of Freetown, which is plagued by lawlessness and immorality. As the story unfolds, the lives of several prominent figures, including the judge's family and the local minister, Howard Douglass, intersect with the plight of the community in Freetown. Following a tragic incident involving the judge's son, the characters come together to devise a plan to redeem Freetown, leading to the establishment of a social settlement aimed at uplifting its inhabitants. The novel highlights the transformative power of love and commitment as the community rallies to address the deep-rooted problems, emphasizing that true change comes from individual and collective action. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 123508 123558 2024-09-20T09:48:52.343911 2023-09-21T06:31:52.215765 text/html text/html 119924 2015-03-31T18:38:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1147995 2015-03-31T18:38:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1194329 2024-09-20T09:48:55.467952 application/epub+zip 1194959 2024-09-20T09:48:53.021897 application/epub+zip 105770 2024-09-20T09:48:52.658918 application/epub+zip 1258121 2024-09-20T09:48:57.559883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1180342 2024-09-20T09:48:55.106911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148806 2022-09-22T05:37:19.339538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105328 105132 2024-09-20T09:48:51.980911 2023-09-21T06:31:51.802770 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 105159 2015-03-31T18:38:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38581 2015-03-31T18:38:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18429 2024-09-20T09:48:57.683877 application/rdf+xml 30322 2024-09-20T09:48:52.736913 image/jpeg 4407 2024-09-20T09:48:52.696909 image/jpeg 1153151 2024-09-20T09:48:52.397912 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia