Fed up with the corruption and hypocrisy of the North, two lovers return home with a dream. Cotton, or the silver fleece, could relieve Zora and Bles of their poverty in the American South. While struggling to overcome oppression in the post-Reconstruction South, the local white aristocracy is determined to undermine their efforts by controlling the price of the cash crop. Listen as the two young lovers strive to overcome the obstacles laid before them.
