Alfred Mann was born a slave, but he had no intention of remaining one. Spurred on by his hunger for freedom, he begins a quest to find his place in the world. From the shackles of slavery to the smoky battlefields of the Civil War, from Reconstruction South to Northern race riots to fighting Indians on the Western Plains, Alfred proves to the world and to himself that he is a man. Along the way he finds love, friendship...and a trail of blood in Bound for the Promise-Land.