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labricoleuse's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Child death, and Racism
tey_lynn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Child death, Gore, Death, War, Murder, Kidnapping, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Xenophobia
fkshg8465's review against another edition
5.0
The depth of his loneliness almost broke me, but it took me some time to get there. He’s so matter of fact in his telling, but then again, I wish I could’ve heard his actual voice. That would’ve made a huge difference in how I imbibed this book.
My only fear from this experience is that there will be others out there who read it and walk away thinking and saying, pointing to his words, that not all slave masters were horrible people. That is a lie I’d hate to see perpetuated, because no matter how kind they might’ve been, they still only had slaves because they lacked respect for the dignity of these African lives and refused them any agency.
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Slavery, Body horror, Death, and Gun violence
zoenelson's review against another edition
4.75
As readers, we confront uncomfortable truths about U.S. history and are forced to dismantle the falsehoods we've been deceived into believing. In my mind, Cudjo's story puts words and history to the collective trauma of millions of Africans forced into slavery in the U.S.
Besides Cudjo's words, I loved the editor's notes. She provided important context and a wealth of original thought to this story.
Graphic: Trafficking and Slavery
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Violence, and Racism
kwilson2512's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Racism, and Slavery
scrubsandbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Child death, Violence, and Grief
tinyflame4's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Slavery, and Trafficking
Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, and Racism
pinkalpaca's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Confinement, and Grief
seph268's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Trafficking, Gore, Grief, and Slavery
crazytourists_books's review
3.0
Is this an extremely important book for the African-American history? Yes.
Did I struggle to read it? Yes.
Did my heart ache for this man (and the thousands of others, men, women, children, like him)? Of course.
Did I like it? Unfortunately not.
Would I recommend it? Yes, it's historical, and/or laographical value is huge.
Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Violence