Overview

Outlines how the whites disobey the laws that liberate the slaves. However, these whites conduct a brutal form of slavery on the powerless Negroes.

Impact on the Negroes

The Negroes take care of the whites from birth to death, but the brutality caused the Negroes to rebel and to become just as vicious and as brutal as the whites.

Themes and Messages

The book subtly demonstrates that children are not born with racial prejudices. They learn it. Furthermore, people must take time to listen in order to be informed about other human beings.