Fruit of the Lash ( A White Predator, My Less Than "Great" Grand Father)

In Fruit of the Lash, J.C. Faulk pulls no punches, uncovering under-told stories that so many would rather bury. Black Americans don’t just carry the names of enslavers—we carry their DNA. Through the story of his great-great-grandmother Millie and countless other women and girls brutalized on Southern plantations, J.C. confronts generational trauma, forced bloodlines, and the question: What if reparations are not about race, but undeniable lineage? This is the story of stolen roots and our refusal to stay silent.

In Fruit of the Lash, J.C. Faulk pulls no punches, uncovering under-told stories that so many would rather bury. Black Americans don’t just carry the names of enslavers—we carry their DNA.

Through the story of his great-great-grandmother Millie and countless other women and girls brutalized on Southern plantations, J.C. confronts generational trauma, forced bloodlines, and the question:

What if reparations are not about race, but undeniable lineage? This is the story of stolen roots and our refusal to stay silent.