These are horrible images, but nonetheless historically accurate and important to remember. Certain depictions are difficult even for adults to bear: a lynched man with the bloody blows of a whip marking his back slaves stacked seven-high in the hold of a ship, packed onto shelves with less room than the drawers of a morgue and black bodies bobbing in the ocean. Rod Brown's paintings are achingly vivid, so much so that a few may be too powerful for younger children.
As he gently explains the factual horrors of slave-ship conditions, auction blocks, plantation life, and the risks associated with escape, Lester consistently prods young readers with probing questions: 'How would I feel if that happened to me?" "Would you risk going to jail to help someone you didn't know?" "You are free, but are you?" Lester also asks us to imagine the voices and feelings of the African Americans in the illustrations-another brilliant call for active participation. Award-winning author Julius Lester takes older children (and adults) on an intense, personal journey through the slave experience. Download From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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