Description
Getting down to right kind the inadequacies of many written accounts of slavery, teacher and social activist Octavia Albert added her own incisive remark to the private narratives of former slaves. Her early interviews, like many antebellum slave narratives, depict cruel punishments, divided families, and debilitating labour. Seeing herself as a public advocate for social change, Albert referred to as for each and every Christian’s personal acceptance of responsibility for slavery’s legacies and lessons. In addition to its historical value, the book has many merits as a piece of literature, the use of dialogue and experiments with dialect, and incorporating songs and poems within the text.