TBAS [To be a Slave] can we trust?

Can we trust what Julius Lester says in his book, ‘To be a Slave’?

I think so. Julius used real resources. He talked to African Americans who used to be slaves and read letters from the library of congress. I think that that’s pretty reliable. I’m also sure that he travelled and got a lot of his info from the places he saw. The information he has in his book is accurate and reliable, as long as the people he spoke to and read their letters didn’t lie or exaggerated. When he wrote the book and talked to the ‘ex-slaves’ they talked to him about their experiences as slaves and he used some examples in his book. He actually wrote the whole book based on what they said, most of it is covered in letters and speeches.