This was a disappointment. I was hoping for more in-depth accounts of ex-slaves' experiences, but this was just a collection of random stories (many sounded like tall tales), some only a paragraph long. I guess you could look at the stories for their style of storytelling and take something away from it in that sense, but I recommend looking in your library or reading a few pages in a bookstore before you spend money to buy it. Turned out to be a bit of a waste, for me.