The new man: Twenty-nine years a slave; twenty-nine years a free man: recollections

by Henry Clay Bruce

The author offers to the public this little book, containing his personal recollections of slavery, with the modest hope that it will be found to present an impartial and unprejudiced view of that system. His experience taught him that all masters were not cruel, and that all slaves were not maltreated. There were brutal masters and there were mean, trifling lazy slaves. While some masters cruelly whipped, half fed and overworked their slaves, there were many others who provided for their slaves with fatherly care, saw that they were well fed and clothed, and would neither whip them themselves, nor permit others to do so. The author early became impressed with the belief, which has since settled into deep conviction, that just as the whites were divided into two great classes, so the slaves were divided.

Genres: History

176 pages, Hardcover

First published August 18, 2004

Reviews

[Michele]

I really enjoyed reading this book. I learned a lot about the history of slavery...things you don't learn in school. I would really recommend everyone reading this book, because it really speaks to the history of slavery and how far we have come...but what I learned is that we still have a long way to go.