I was looking thru a list about memoirs and discovered this book on it. I forgot I had read it years ago--immediately after the movie came out, I think. It has stuck with me b/c it's an actual memoir. I've grown up on Civil War and southern fiction that tell all kinds of stories--but much of the character's thoughts and ideas are from the author's imagination. So, to hear the real actions, the real words and thoughts from this enslaved man is eye-opening.