Just John

In return for his freedom, a slave is tasked with the job of delivering a valuable stallion to a horse farm in Tennessee. The Civil War is dying down, and the roads are dangerous. But with some help, the horse is delivered and the slave sees freedom.

Wishing to be freed from any remembrance of the slave farm, John has a last name he refuses to use. But when his skills with horses open doors for him and take him across the world, he lands in Alberta, Canada—where he becomes a beloved and respected rancher and, at last, chooses a last name.