The color of lightning

Jiles, Paulette. (2009). The color of lightning. New York: William Morrow.

Kirkus: A rousing, character-driven tale

Road to freedom

Blight, David W. (2007). A slave no more: two men who escaped to freedom: including their own narratives of emancipation. Orlando: Harcourt.

Kirkus: Two newly discovered narratives of slaves who escaped to freedom during the Civil War ... A powerful, welcome addition to the Civil War library