very good book about a kidnapped free man put under slavery in the 1840s ( )

A riveting ebook. Hard to stop reading. Better than the movie with many more details.

Highly recommended! ( )

This cover though.

Wow, what a story. These are definitely ones that we do not hear much about but I am afraid to say, it probably was not that uncommon. I don't know that I would have had the strength and courage to go on under these circumstance. What an amazing man to do what he needed to do to survive and get back to his family. Kudos to the man that helped start his rescue and all the people that helped him become free again. I would be proud to come from these lineages.
Such a dark time in our history that we cannot forget. It is important for us to learn from our past. We need to learn to forgive the oppressors and not take it out on their ancestors and also to forgive our ancestors that may have partaken in these atrocities against others. We are all people and we all deserve love, freedom, happiness, etc. I hope we can continue forward in these pursuits for all. ( )

Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr. (who is awesome if only for Enemy Mine), who read the book sounding a little stilted at first... then I realized, it's honestly how it's written. This isn't fiction. It's an actual book written by a man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

It's excellent, in the way of "true and horrible and graphic at times and terrifying and sometimes heartwarming".... Well worth reading.

Yet another book I'm glad I started on audio and my son listened to, if only to expose him to a very good book. ( )