THE TRANSPLANT The Biography of a Former Slave Who Live to be a 137-years-old Dr. Sherman Clifton Byrd The Transplant is the true story about the "other side of the coin" of slavery days in America. The Transplant derives its name from the actual experience of a twelve-year-old African boy who, in the year 1977, was once hundred and thirty-five years old. From his experience the facts reveal that he was uprooted from the shores of Liberia, West Africa, placed on Captain Legree's wooden slave ship, and transplanted to American shores in 1854. This African lad, who almost did not survive the sea voyage, was rejected for sale three times when placed on the New Orleans slave-auction block. He was finally purchased by a wealthy Texas rancher. The events that were to take place in the life of this transplanted lad, whose name was M'Icha Watkins, were indeed unique, revealing the "other side of the coin" of the American slave system. M'Icha is a walking, living history book. ...

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