This book is very enlightening. The instinct that Blacks as slaves was so ingrainged into the psychie of the slaveholder that they don't realize that the person serving them and their children are actual people. Just as we would look upon a dog or horse, so the slave was considered. This is a first hand snapshot of a dark period in any country's history. I admit that I didn't expect much due to the low price of this book. However I was very suprised at the eloquence and unrestrained anger this woman displayed makes this an important read for school children as well as college students.