This book is really hard to read when knowing it's based on true events. I can't believe this ever happened. I don't see how any race of people could think how they're better than another, and should be waited on hand-and-foot. It sickens me.
Thinking about some of the characters, I appreciate Mrs. Shelby because she stands up for what she believes in. Although, her conscience seems to tell her slavery is wrong she still is letting her husband participate. She makes the "best" of the situation by making friends with them, and she's downtrodden when she finds out her husband was going to trade any of them.
I like the character George Harrison. He is very down in the first part of the book, and I can completely understand why. He worked his way up in a business and was well liked. Just because his owner seemed jealous of him, and didn't want him to have power he made his life miserable. I don't blame him for running to Canada.
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