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A review by margaretann84
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
4.0
I genuinely love fictional books where I come away knowing something new. It can be some rules for a sport, something about the human condition, ways Fargo is like Philly—as long as the author drops some knowledge on me, I tend to have a good time.
In Unbound, Burg introduced me to the “maroons.”
So, back in the antebellum era, slavery was all over the South (thanks, 8-year-old me and Addy Walker). They worked on small farms and massive plantations, and things were capital-b Bad. Escape, though not unheard of, was definitely discouraged. Everyone knew what would happen to a slave who was caught. Obviously it would be harder to escape the farther south a slave lived, but even in the border states it could be dangerous.
Full review on A Writer Reads.
In Unbound, Burg introduced me to the “maroons.”
So, back in the antebellum era, slavery was all over the South (thanks, 8-year-old me and Addy Walker). They worked on small farms and massive plantations, and things were capital-b Bad. Escape, though not unheard of, was definitely discouraged. Everyone knew what would happen to a slave who was caught. Obviously it would be harder to escape the farther south a slave lived, but even in the border states it could be dangerous.
Full review on A Writer Reads.