Title: The longest memory
Description: In Virginia, a slave is taught to read by his master's daughter and falls in love with her. He runs away, but his father reveals his whereabouts, the man is captured and whipped to death. The novel looks at slavery from two viewpoints: that of rebels and that of survivalists.
Subjects: New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Virginia, fiction, African American men, Fiction, Fathers and sons, Slaves, History