![]() ![]() Owners who savagely beat their servants and yet couldn't imagine why the slaves resented them, and who seemed genuinely certain their actions were appropriate. But she adds other little insights revealing the nature of people who were slaveholders as well as the slaves themselves. Levy's novel covers many of the known horrors of slavery: children stolen from their parents, slaves treated like animals, and incredibly horrific forms of torture for those who dared to look a white man in the eyes. ![]() When I decided to read The Long Song, about slavery in Jamaica in the early 1800's, I wasn't sure if the geographical difference would change any of the perspective. It was a painful topic, and revealed bottomless ugliness about the way humans treat each other, especially when in a position of power. A few years ago I spent an entire year focused on titles relating to slavery and civil rights in the om the Civil War to the Civil Rights marches in the 1960's. ![]()
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