Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi by Richard Grant

1 review

sjanke2's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Natchez (pronounced "matches"), Mississippi is a complicated place. It was pro-Union during the Civil War, is home to several white liberals, and most recently elected a Black gay man as mayor by an overwhelming margin. But the white community, despite its progressive intentions, wears blinders that obscure the town's history of slave-holding and -trading, Klan violence, and school segregation. (Read: they basically host an annual confederacy-themed debutante ball?) 

Richard Grant blends these stories of the wealthy antebellum south with the true historic tale of Ibrahim, a former African prince who was kidnapped and enslaved in Natchez. The middle sagged with garden club drama, but I generally found this book fascinating. 

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racism, and Slavery