We can trust the book “To Be a Slave” by Julius Lester because he has actual quotations from the slaves on what happened to them. Also he has in text citations on where he got the information from for that specific paragraph. Also he must have endured some of them because he looks in his sixties. On the negative side it could be one sided and exaggerated. "A quote from the book will show that not all men were cruel to slaves. Gabe didn't like that whipping business, but couldn't help himself. When Massa was there he would lay it on, When massa wasn't there he would tie up a slave to one post and lash another. Of course the slave would scream and yell to satisfy massa." (Lester 35)
Citation:
Lester, Julius. TO BE A SLAVE. New York: Scholastic, 1968.
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