Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America Free Audiobook Download by Nicole Eustace

In 1804, the murder of a white woman in frontier Ohio was followed by an investigation led by members of the Shawnee tribe.

Nicole Eustace’s book Covered with Night is a work of historical fiction, one that tells the story of thirteen-year-old Shannan Raleigh, who is abducted by a man in a Native American war party and taken to Haudenosaunee territory. It is not until a few weeks later that her family learns Shannan has been killed and buried. Nicole takes the opportunity to highlight how colonial justice was often exorbitantly quick to prosecute white men for killing Native Americans while ignoring the cases of Indigenous people who were murdered by other Indigenous people.

Covered with Night is a compelling work that offers important insights into the violence and exploitation of Native Americans in early America. The story, told through the perspective of an 18th century Colonial woman, explores issues such as cultural appropriation and settler colonialism.

Narrating the story of the murder trial of a Powhatan woman, Nicole Eustace's "Covered With Night" weaves an exploration of colonial America’s first genocide into a gripping mystery.

In 1760, Mary Jemison was captured by a group of white men and brought to Philadelphia. She spent four years in captivity with her son, John, before being sold to an Indian trader and eventually reaching New York state.