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A review by kmlanahan
The Pox Party by Peter Francis James, M.T. Anderson
3.0
A very well-written story, read well by Peter Francis James, about a young boy in the 1770-1775 era in Boston. The youngster is treated like a scholar, and educated in Latin, Greek, and the classics. As the story progresses, we find out that he is a slave and the subject of an experiment.
The story is told both as a memoir and epistolary novel. The language is flowery to my ears, being written in as close to a Revolutionary War-era style as possible.
The story is disturbing and fascinating. It shows slave-owners trying to make the case that Africans are inferior to whites, and the callous way in which they will pervert reason to shore up their beliefs. Seen in the reflection of recent events in Charlottesville, VA and other places, the story offers both insight into the minds of racists and the horrors that people endure when they are not seen as human.
The story is told both as a memoir and epistolary novel. The language is flowery to my ears, being written in as close to a Revolutionary War-era style as possible.
The story is disturbing and fascinating. It shows slave-owners trying to make the case that Africans are inferior to whites, and the callous way in which they will pervert reason to shore up their beliefs. Seen in the reflection of recent events in Charlottesville, VA and other places, the story offers both insight into the minds of racists and the horrors that people endure when they are not seen as human.