Reviews for My Life in the South

The average rating for My Life in the South based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-10-10 00:00:00 Michael Jamison Charles van Buren TOP 1000 REVIEWER Written in an engaging style Overall, this autobiographical book seems mostly reliable but the following quote from the introduction gives a good idea of what to expect. "Mr. Stroyer's book is a setting forth in a fresh and unique manner of the old and bitter wrongs of American slavery." Of course. There was little market for anything else and, as related in the introduction, Stroyer wrote this volume to make money. Money for a worthy cause, but still written to make money which required at least a degree of sensationalism. Details of his time in the Confederate labor force would, undoubtedly, have been interesting. However, he says very little about it other than that he was glad to be sent there, he was able to continue his education, and he was wounded. All in all, another book on the evils of American slavery, not slavery as a general concept but specifically American slavery. Not a bad choice for Black History Month. Of course almost anything by Thomas Sowell would be an even better choice.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-16 00:00:00 Richard Santos This is an honest and straight forward memoir of a former servant in the Old South. The author does not pull any punches on his opinions, observations, and memories of his years as a servant and subsequent freedom. I recommend reading this book for students of nineteenth century history.