Can we Trust Julius Lester?

I think we can trust Julius Lester as an author, therefor trust the information in his book, "To Be A Slave". In the beginning of the book Lester dedicates a couple pages to stating where he got all of his information for the book. He says that he found the information at the Library of Congress, government building. He also uses a lot of interviews with slaves themselves. Under each of them he has the name of the slave, the author, and where he found the interview. He has given full credit to all of his sources, and interviewees. Lester has written many of them revolving around African Americans and the unjust treatment towards them. He seems to be fascinated with African history, and proud of what his people have accomplished. This leads me to the conclusion that Julius Lester can be trusted as an author, so we can trust the information in "To Be A Slave".

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