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Sep 04, 2017303dog rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
First time I've written about a book. This one read like fiction; unfortunately it was all too true. Mr. Northrup has woven the details of his slavery into such wonderful, well-paced account it reads BETTER than most fiction. I reveled in his descriptive vocabulary; there are many college graduates today who are not any where near as well-spoken as this man. What an amazing man he must have been. It is hard to believe that this book is not required reading in every school nationwide. It is also surprising that this didn't have more impact on the defeat of slavery. I don't know how widely published it was when written, but I felt it told the truth about the "peculiar institution" as some called it during that era. When something is so morally reprehensible that it has to be referenced by an alternate name, you know it needs to be stopped. I'm thankful that I live in the US, and am ashamed of this and other racially related instances in our past; thank goodness that he was convinced to share his personal history in order to enlighten future generations.