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📚 A couple of books read this month 📚
The Weeping Time by Anne C Bailey - continued reading from the plantation journals of abolitionist Fanny Kimbel. After their divorce, her slave owning husband sold ovet 400 slaves to pay his gambling debts. It was the largest auction of it's kind in American history
Cry The Beloved Country by Alan Paton's 1948 South African novel examining the racial injustices of the time
#books #booklist #mybookshelf #readinglist #crythebelovedcountry #theweepingtime
“All roads lead to Johannesburg. If you are white or if you are black they lead to Johannesburg. If the crops fail, there is work in Johannesburg. If there are taxes to be paid, there is work in Johannesburg. If the farm is too small to be divided further, some must go to Johannesburg. If there is a child to be born that must be delivered in secret, it can be delivered in Johannesburg.”
― Alan Paton
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#Film version of #AlanPaton's 1948 novel with #JamesEarlJones and #RichardHarris
#CrytheBelovedCountry (1995) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112749/
