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A review by audrarussellwrites
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
5.0
One hundred sixty years ago in 1859, the largest slave auction in American history happened in Atlanta, Georgia. Why? Well, to settle gambling debts, of course *insert a VERY hard eyeroll here*. There was a torrential rainstorm the entire two days of the auction and it became known as the day of weeping. Yes, this event actually took place.
This book is a work of fiction that imagines what the enslaved who were sold off must have felt like. I could not help but fight back the tears knowing that this event took place and that so many families were ripped apart and sold like the chattel white people thought they were.
Such a moving book. This is written for young adults. If you want to give your child an inkling into what it was like to live enslaved, this is a perfect book to begin that conversation. It will stay with me forever.
This book is a work of fiction that imagines what the enslaved who were sold off must have felt like. I could not help but fight back the tears knowing that this event took place and that so many families were ripped apart and sold like the chattel white people thought they were.
Such a moving book. This is written for young adults. If you want to give your child an inkling into what it was like to live enslaved, this is a perfect book to begin that conversation. It will stay with me forever.