Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup

If you think that slavery was bad, but necessary because Africans got to be Christians or good for families, then read Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup immediately. Scratch that–read it if you are an American. One woman was sold away from her infant daughter despite her new master’s willingness to buy the pair because the seller wanted to wait & sell the girl to a whore house. The seller originally purchased the pair from her sister/aunt!