Lewis Clarke's powerful memoir tells the story of his life as a slave in Kentucky and his daring escape to freedom in Canada. Clarke's incisive observations on the brutality and injustice of slavery reveal the many ways in which the peculiar institution warped the moral and social fabric of American society. This is a book that everyone should read - a testament to the human spirit and the power of hope in the face of cruelty and oppression.

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