firerosearien's review
4.0
Out of the three novels, The Marrow of Tradition is probably the one I enjoyed most, although the man that's supposed to be the protagonist has much less screen time than the white 'villains'.
Clotel and Iola Leroy were also eminently readable, and I didn't fail to notice that one of the chief horrors of slavery mentioned is not only the physical punishment or squalid living conditions (although both are horrible), but the separation of families - which, for obvious reasons sets a poignant note right about now...
Clotel and Iola Leroy were also eminently readable, and I didn't fail to notice that one of the chief horrors of slavery mentioned is not only the physical punishment or squalid living conditions (although both are horrible), but the separation of families - which, for obvious reasons sets a poignant note right about now...
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