Can we trust the "truthfulness"

We can trust the truthfulness of this book because everything in the book is directly taking quoted sayings from those who were once slaves. Also, most of the quotes were taken from sources like the library of congress, which is a huge library in the states that is much known. They have a reputation about history facts plus the library of congress would not have fake quotes from the slave trade years. Also, Julius Lester is a professor of black studies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. A professor that experts in black studies, would not lie about what he learned…the truth. Another reason is that, the American Embassy School of Delhi is not going to spend money on a bunch of books that say anything but the truth. Also, many of us knew general facts about the slave trade before we read the book “to be a slave” and the book just restates the facts that we were already aware of from common sense. Everything that we read just tells us what it is like to be a slave, how they felt about it, and how badly their masters treated them. Lastly, the dedication clearly stated that this was to the memory of his great grandparents that were slaves too. Though he never knew them, there is absolutely no reason to why he would spend his time to publish a book that is not trustworthy.

citation;

Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. New York: Scholastic, 1968.