A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Jubilee by Margaret Walker

4.0

This is a twentieth-century classic telling the story of a woman who is born slavery in the American South before the Civil War. Actually, the action of the story takes place before, during, and after the Civil War. Vyry has the misfortune of being the daughter of an African slave mother and the white master of the plantation. She looks enough like the master's acknowledged daughter born in wedlock to earn her the hatred of her white mistress. I thought it was terrific that the story was set around, and not just during, the Civil War, which the slaves called the Jubilee because it brought them their freedom. The story was carefully told and well-crafted. Everyone should read this book.